Tokyo

So after two rather long flights we made it to Tokyo. Have to say, I am impressed with Qatar airlines. They fed us lots of food, even supplied us with chopsticks for the more Asian inspired cuisine and the food was edible! I even had a sushi roll. I did notice on one of the little food boxes that it had the date of when the food was frozen; tad off putting but when it's free who would say no? 

When we arrived in Doha (the stopover location) we had about 10 minutes before check in opened so after walking the length of the whole airport (it was massively futuristic and strange; Google Doha airport and look at the images, you might see a huge teddy under a reading light) we pretty much walked straight onto the plane. I would probably not advise people to visit Doha as a holiday destination. It was like the sand planet in Star Wars that Luke lives on. 

We didn't arrive in Tokyo till gone 11pm so by the time we'd gone through passport control and collected our bags we'd missed the trains. I asked at an information desk as to the best way to get to Asakusa (the district the hostel is in) and so we got a monorail and then a taxi, which was very convenient as we didn't have to wander aimlessly around looking for the hostel. 

First impressions of the Khaosan world Asakusa hostel are great! They didn't mind that we were late to check in, the bunk beds are really modern, each with its own locker and light, and the showers are more powerful than the one back home (I feel for you mum). 

However, it's now almost 2am and I've rambled on for far too long so updates will be added tomorrow probably.