We are sad to leave Tokyo as we had a great time. After the constrants of the the last 2 weeks in China we had more of a relaxed carefree time there. The next destination on the list is Kyoto reached by bullet train. The transport network in Japan seems great and the bullet train or Shinkensen was no different. Clean, roomy, comfortable and fast.......very fast. It also resembles a space shuttle which adds to it's charms. After a brief ride in which we covered ...

Having earnt some points on the man days it was my turn to pick, so I choose Disney. I have been lucky enough to go to Florida and Paris Disney but one can never have enough Disney. The train from our hotel was relatively quick, getting us there in about 30 minutes. I was very excited as the train pulled in to the station I could already see the castle. Now one thing I should mention is Ant doesn't particularly like rides although he has not been on many, so he ...

This blog entry will cover the past two days as they were more me days than Laura days, she was nice enough to allow me time to geek out. Coming to Japan was something I always wanted to do although I had no idea what I wanted to do here. The technology has always appealed to me but I was more surprised by the people. A far cry from China, the people of Japan are polite and courteous. On the first of the two days we attended a Japanese baseball game, baseball ha...

We woke up today with the room lights slowly coming on as the alarm sounded, we had decided to use the hotel alarm built in to the bedside table (very snazzy). I must say for an airport hotel it was lovely and the staff could not have been friendlier. After checking out we went to the local convience store for some breakfast and found some cossiants with sugar on top! Not that heathly but they were tastey and cheaper than going to any of the hotel restaurants. T...