We spent Wed. morning at the Edo-Tokyo museum which was a really cool mix of artifacts and model replicas of buildings towns and artifacts, including several life-size buildings. The museum was right next door to the sumo stadium which was unfortunately not hosting any matches (apparently they are only 4 times a year) but the museum was open so it was cool to look around. We then collected our backpacks and took the train to the airport. It was cool to see the city gradually fade to more residencial and a little rural scenery. As a tease I saw one cherry tree that had just started to bloom. Yes, we ended up just missing the cherry blossoms in Tokyo...one week later and...we'll just have to go back.
We left Tokyo at 5pm on March 18th, watched the sun set, moon rise and the sun rise from the plane. We ate dinner and then breakfast, living our day in reverse and arriving in Edmonton at 3pm on March 18th! For those of you who have scene the movie Groundhogs day...we have lived it :) All told I was up for well over 30 hours on a day that never was.
The trip was amazing and we all agreed, when we saw the snow as we were landing, that we wanted to go to ABH (anywhere but here). Thought you guys were supposed to have spring ready for us?!
Melanie and I will get the last of our pictures up so you can see everything. For me Hong Kong was the easiest city to get around in, Tokyo the hardest (that map Melanie posted is actually only one set of trains, there is another company that has just as many trains in the same area!), Cambodia had the amazing ruins and amazing people, Vietnam had the craziest traffic, best "hotel", great coffee and Hoi An (in Vietnam) the best food. We only scratched the surface of Asia and I can't wait to travel more.
K
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Glad you guys had a good time. It was a lot of fun hosting you. See you again soon.
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