Akasaka Excel Hotel Tokyu Chiyoda

We got up yesterday morning around seven. It went surprisingly slowly (in contrast to today) and we were ready to leave by around 8:30. As per usual, we attended the Yahoo! Cafe here at the hotel to get a little somethin` somethin` from our mailboxes and then we were off! After eating. And sitting around talking about the world. So we really left around two.<br><br>Contrary to my previous idea of how long it would take to get to Akihabara ...

... We make a pit stop at a pachinko parlor which is like the slots in vegas. It takes all of two minutes to see the madness that is asian gambling and I am baffled as to how there are so many of these parlors littered across the city, and full, because they are more like carnival games than casino slots. I actually saw a line in front of one of them later in my ...

... permitting. Once we got to our hotel, we couldn't believe the views after having checked into our rooms - we are staring right into 3-4 department stores! The amount of goods they offer collectively is staggering, and its also right behind the Shinjuku bus station(correct me if I'm wrong), so if we wanted to travel a bit further into Tokyo we have this option, too. We finished off our night by having dinner at the top of ...

... and I spent the morning wandering around the lush grounds of Tokyo's Meiji shrine. Aside from the occasional run in with groups of fellow whities, we were left pretty much alone to explore a beautiful monument quietly resting in the heart of Tokyo. In the evening, we met Christie and Meredith for dinner in Aoyama, at yet another impossible to find restaurant. As before, we wound up asking for help at another restaurant, where one of the waiters called our destination and then personally ...

My flight this morning was delayed for over 2 hrs, but I was so comatose that I don`t really remember much...I was on the plane in a seat at least, so I just slept... I got to Tokyo at 6 pm and made my way to my hostel, which is about an hr away and a 10 min walk...and for 17 bucks a night it is very impressive ...

... de mano con pilas suficientes, ponchos para la lluvia y muchas, pero muchas ganas de llegar a la cima del volcán para ver el amanecer. El sendero tiene indicaciones y esta claramente marcada la ruta de ascenso. Al principio, uno camina en una superficie con muy poca inclinación, pero conforme se asciende, la pendiente se hace cada vez mayor y se necesita entonces mas energía. Los Contreras escalamos con un paso firme, tomando los necesarios ...

... long haul flight... this one was 12hrs... with the same films, the same screaming babies and the same miniscule meals all just ensuring a pleasant flight... I met a couple of aussie girls in the check-in lines... we chatted about our exciting new lives and the plans for travel... we got along pretty well... i remember after the ...