Tokyo

After a big couple of travel days, we finally arrived in our Tokyo apartment at about 8 pm. Jet-lag has hit us for the first time...we've both found it difficult to sleep at night.

After a couple of big sleep-ins, we walked across the Sumida River to Asakusa where we checked out Nakamise Shopping Street and Senso-ji Temple.

The following day saw us negotiating the Tokyo Metro to explore the Imperial Palace and Tokyo Tower (inspired by the Eiffel Tower).

We had planned on a full day tour to Mt. Fuji but the weather turned bad so we decided against it.

We spent Marg's birthday at the top of Tokyo Skytree...amazing views from level 450! Had a great birthday dinner at the restaurant at the Asahi Headquarters...quite a few Asahi Super Dry Extra Cold beers were enjoyed too.

Well that brings a close to our 3 month sojourn...hard to believe that after all that planning over several years, it's come to an end. It has been the trip of a lifetime!

We fly out of Tokyo to Cairns on Jetstar Business class...hopefully we get a couple of hours sleep on the way...Read more