Tokyo

Hey guys!

Sorry we didn't really blog about hokkaido, we didn't really get the chance to and our cameras ran out of battery ( melina's crappy $2 shop adapter fails at fitting the electrical points here), therefore we didn't really capture all the sights. Hokkaido is absolutely stunning, with mountains and lakes laced with snow and of course the large amounts of hot foreign snowboarders.

Anyway, we have finally reached our final destination, Tokyo ! The hustle and bustle stressed poor Melina out,even before we stepped onto the train from Sapporo to Hokadate. We had 3 stop overs on the Shinkansens and one train only gave us 6 mins to swap over. Melina made me stand at the door with all my bags 2 stops before, ready to bolt for the next train. Luckily we caught it with a couple of mins to spare but that was only the start of the craziness.

When we got off the final shinkansen at tokyo station, we were greeted by the notorious japanese rush hour and the labyrinth of train routes.There were people EVERYWHERE, from wall to wall. We lugged our now bursting luggages to the information counter and asked if there was a hostel available cos we arrived to Tokyo a day early ( as we got the shinkansen trains instead of the twilight express which cut our travel time in half ). They shook their heads and said 'Iie, hoooootel only !'. That was when Melina and I started to freak out and demanded to use their phone. They also said no. So we had to jump on a computer in a random tourist information booth outside of tokyo station and in a hurry ( and till now we don't know how the hell we did this ) we booked a room for SIX people at this makeshift hostel.When we got to the hostel, we were just so tired that we just agreed to pay for the booking fee and went out for dinner.

We went to this amazing ramen shop that was run by a man with amazing arms !

So, all is good now :D

Going for crazy shopping tommorow at Shibuya ! We pretty much put aside a third of our saved money for this day, We are so excited !

As for Hokkaido, We'll blog properly about it tmr, now it's time for some beauty sleep to prepare for the shopping spree of our entire lives !! :D :D

Melina says hi, she is checking out maid cafes in Tokyo online, how creepy.