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Japan - Part 1

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Japan was quite possibly our most anticipated country we were not going to stop a small thing such as no sleep stop us from enjoying every second. Thanks to the fantastic public transport infrastructure we were able to catch a train from the airport into central Osaka where it was a short stroll to our hotel. Bags checked in we headed out for an explore and some shopping. On our way to the hotel we had passed through a shopping arcade, we headed there first to do some souvenir hunting. One of the first shops we stumbled upon was selling only one thing, costumes for cats, so many costumes!  We browsed the arcade, admiring colourful chopsticks, tiny spoons and huge collections of Japanese chef knifes.  We made our way to Dōtonbori, the main shopping and eating street in Osaka. Feeling peckish we stopped at a street stall to buy some 'fried balls', when we purchased them we had no idea what they were. We found a bench to perch on in the busy street and tucke
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Vietnam

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Our first impressions of Vietnam were that there was an exponential increase in the number of mopeds on the roads and that the driving style involved a lot more horn tooting and a lot less rule-following.  For mopeds pretty much anything worked as a roadway, the wrong side of the road and pavements being very popular options. Crossing the road had suddenly become an adrenaline sport! Having safely avoided the worst taxi scams we made it safely to our hotel and wrote off the rest of the day. Sadly the next day had Mike feeling poorly so we didn't manage to do much exploring beyond making it to a restaurant where we were given lots of tips from a wonderful waitress.  We needed to buy some stamps to finally send the postcards we had been carrying around since Pai (Thailand) and so headed to the central post office, a tourist attraction in its own right and situated next to Vietnam's Notre Dame. On the way we browsed a large indoor marketplace for more s
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