touchdown tokyo

well, touched down today at no later than 6.30am japan time. didn't get a hell alot of sleep on the plane, so was a little hazy. met our hosts james, tamaki and little alina, and they have been nothing short of the best hosts that we could have hoped for. went to a crazy aqua shopping centre for and a meal, and just to soak up some japanese culture. wow. caught a ferry home, just to cap it all off. napped in the afternoon, and then went in search of food, which will turn out to be a major pastime of ours on the road. ate so many differnt parts of different animals, that i don't even want to speculate. seriously. it's looking to be the superpower tour that we hoped and dreamed it would be. oh my. day one, and i never ever want to leave...
here's a few photos, to give you a taste. dewa mata...



me on one a japan's many attractive and retrospective rides




lisey & nj in front of a ferris wheel outside the aqua shopping centre




japan's weird aqua shopping centre architecture



travelling, thinking, living...



the intelligent and amazing alina. wow.