Konnichiwa Tokyo!

So as per the itinerary, Briana and I spent 2 nights and three (very full) days in Tokyo. Its pretty crazy how those two nights flew by.
Tokyo is an amazing city. It is absolutely massive and each area has something cool and different to offer, yet the culture is definitely unified throughout. The people were extremely friendly and nice; always happy to help us out whether it be for directions or tips even with a massive a language barrier. It was pretty refreshing.
Briana and I mainly spent our time going through "Trip Advisors, top ten things to do in Tokyo" which involved a lot of walking. Both of us our now so sore that we are spending the day (in Singapore) lounging and taking it easy to try and recover.
Below or some of the pictures we took a long the way at the various sites.


Tsijuki Market

This fish market was absolutely incredible. We have never seen any thing like it. Endless rows and isles of all different types of recently caught fish.

 Above and below: knife vendor

 Believe it or not the eels (or unagi) below were still breathing despite the massive gash in their necks!

 The above picture is a miniature pickup truck where all the wholesalers would throw their scraps

 Below: Massive Tuna head! (bigger then Bri) 

 Below: how bout some octopi

 Below: this tuna required a team effort to filet that sucker

Asakusa Temple 
Otherwise known as the Senso-ji temple. Is a very large Buddhist temple. It was pretty interesting.

 The Meiji-Shrine
is the oldest shrine and temple of its kinda in Tokyo. It is located in the Shibuya district. There happened to be a wedding ceremony going on while we were there. 

Other Miscellaneous Photos From Tokyo

Yoyogi Park:

Below: crowded subway

 Sky Tree:

 Shinjuku Park:

 Downtown Shinjuku:

 Below: computerized toilet (with built in beday ;) ...)

 Our tiny tiny room

 she was way too happy to find a starbucks :)

 sayonara tokyo!....on route to Singapore!

Beautiful Vancouver

Its day 2 of my trip and I have spent the last couple of days with Briana's family in downtown Vancouver. There is no doubt that Vancouver is a beautiful city. The  above picture is a view of west and north Vancouver from Briana's place.

Briana and I spent the day running last minute shopping errands and putting the finishing touches on our packing. Briana had difficulties narrowing down what she's packing. So far there has been 2 rounds of cuts and we are anticipating one more lol.

The top photo is Briana's pile and the bottom one is yours truly. As you can see I think Briana will be carrying a heavier backpack  then me unless we switch haha.  Hopefully we can trim a bit more of her pile during our remaining time here.

Anyways, I just thought I'd keep in touch and say hello while I am still in Vancouver and I will post again once in Tokyo.

The Current Itinerary....

I suppose there is no better way to break the ice with a first post that outlines our itinerary. 

Below is a quick little summary of our main flights:

Saturday, October 22nd, I depart Toronto for Vancouver to hang out with Briana and her family.

Wednesday, October 26th, Briana and I depart Vancouver for Tokyo, where we'll spend two nights

Saturday, October 29th we depart Tokyo and arrive in Singapore in the morning of  October 30th, where we'll spend two nights.

Tuesday, November 1st we leave Singapore for Bangkok, where we have just under a month and half to go where we'd like in south east Asia. 

Monday, December 12th we will depart from Bangkok and fly to Sydney, through Melbourne. So far we have designated just under a month to tour Australia.

Friday, January 6th, we pack our bags to head to New Zealand. This will be the last leg of our trip, where we will be spending the better part of 3 weeks.

Sunday, January 22nd we depart Auckland to LA/Vancouver, where our highly anticipated journey will come to and end :(

So far all flights are booked. However, to some extent they may be tentative as we may need/want to change flights due to weather,other issues or if we just feel like it haha.

Seeing as this is my first post, I would like to take the time warn all readers now. Spelling, grammar, and overall language skills have never been a forte of mine haha