Greetings to all and many apologies for my lacksadaisical attitude towards updating (okay so it may not have been necessary in that sentence but I bloody love the word lacksadaisical!) This is a rather sneaky update since I am sitting in the balmy 27 degree night air sipping on lemonade so you may have guessed that we are no longer in Japan and have swapped the chills and organisation of Tokyo for the chaos and heat of Thailand. However, for the sake of posterity...

It's been a couple of days since the last update so we might have a bit of a blog party going on tonight. I realise have to at least attempt to be concise otherwise I fear that you will be fully informed as to every meal I've eaten and the varying state of toilets in every hostel so apologies to all those fans of the toilet commentary! Friday was the day of the fish for us, after a super early wake up at 3:30 am (I'm not even sure that even deserves to be called ...

Day 2 in Tokyo today (don't worry I doubt I'll manage to continue updating on a daily rate for too long!) and although I may not be a connoisseur of huge metropolis' I think Tokyo's got to be the best I've been to! It's insanely clean, I don't think I've managed to spot a single piece of chewing gum on the floor whereas they decorate the pavement lavishly back home. Everyone is incredibly orderly and polite to the point where when waiting for the train/metro they...

Conichiwa! Okay I promise not to do the cheesy language based comedy salutation in future posts as it could get seriously grating, for now though in my bleary eyed state it will have to suffice. We are finally in Tokyo and I am writing this post from a cosy little wooden box (no don't worry I haven't died yet) this is the Japanese take on bunk beds, like lockers but for people! After an 11 hour flight where we tried to sneakily and unsuccessfully trick our little...