Tokyo highlights

Again, we've fallen behind on the posting... so here's a snapshot of our Tokyo time (Kyoto and Hiroshima details hopefully to come, if the internet in Vietnam is more accessibly than it's rumoured to be).

Tokyo (2 days)
- stayed with Tim (Watson) and friend Dave (Barecka) - great Queen's/NT reunion and had some fantastic curry... somehow even in Japan we manage to eat Indian. Our waiter had to move us to a bigger table because we ordered so many dishes, and asked us concernedly whether we were sure we wanted to order everything.
- explored Kabuchicho, the red light district, and went to the baths (in a spa, not a brothel).
- explored the subways - a well-oiled machine of a system that was still incredibly confusing to us, requiring three tries to get anything figured out! The same goes for travel in Japan in general...
- did the fish scene - from Tokyo Sea Life Park (it was raining, and you can only ride the subways for so long!), to the huge fish market.
- sat in the busiest Starbucks in the world. Literally.
- witnessed a small earthquake! (causing minor subway delays in the north of the city, then back to business as usual.)
- took the Shinkansen (bullet-train) to Kyoto.