Ahoy! Day 11 - 15/10/09 - Hiroshima (Tokyo) Today we went for a walk down the Promenade of Peace to Hijiyama Park. We then took the Sky Walk Escalator which ended up at a large shopping centre. Jess fell in love with a giant Elmo, and he wanted to come meet everyone back in Aus, but he was too big and they might have made us pay for extra tickets for him to go everywhere with us! After having a quick look around the shops, Rhys & Erica headed back to the h...

Konitchiwa from Hirsohima! Day 9 - 13/10/09 - Osaka & Hiroshima (Japan) After breakfast, we checked out of our hotel and made our way to a local travel agent and booked our ferry trip for Friday (to arrive in China on Sunday). We are hoping this is all booked correctly as we cannot read the Japanese and the agents could not speak much English. It all looks to be ok from what we can tell. We then caught the subway back to Shin-Osaka and then a bullet train ...

Hey Hey, Day 7 - 11/10/09 - Kyoto (Japan) Today we enjoyed a hot buffet breakfast which was closer to what we are used to back home (apart from the salad...) than what we had been getting. After breakfast, it was off to hire bicycles for the day (just under $5 each) - there are so many people on bicycles and they have a special section on the sidewalk for them. We were off to our first destination, Kinkakuji Temple. This was a stunning, gold plated Temple and w...

Day 5 - 09/10/09 - Tokyo (Japan) This was to be a busy day. We needed to find accommodation for the night, and we also wanted to visit the Imperial Palace and gardens. We began the day by Walking down to Otachimachi. Once there, we spotted a hotel and it all looked good, so we booked and they minded our backpacks for the day (much to our relief). We were right near the station, so it was just a short trip into Tokyo on the train. From Tokyo station, we walked t...

G'day!Day 3 - 07/10/09 - Tokyo (Japan) Today started with an early morning and a different type of breakfast to what we are used to… steamed rice, oranges, bread, and other stuff that we have no idea about.After breakfast, we walked to the station (in the rain) and caught a train to Tokyo. Once at the station, we knew which train we needed to catch, and soon learnt that this was over a km walk through the station. It was then a 15 minute train trip until we ar...