When making your way to Diddy Kong for the first time, do you climb up Funky's, or do you swing across the gap and use the barrel cannon to reach Diddy? Personally, every single time I've replayed that game, I've climbed up Funky's. It only occurred to me very recently that swinging across the gap and taking the barrel cannon was probably what I was supposed to do, especially considering how tricky it is to get up onto Funky's. 
 
So anyone out there who remembers the first moments of DK64, do you scale Funky's or do it the intended way? 

I've done that before many times in Jungle Japes, climbed Funky's shop. Especially when I'm rushing to get the timed Golden Bananas from the switches in Cranky's area.