April 16, 2012
Home.

We’re home!  We got into Pearson at 1:30 am on Sunday morning and spent the day catching up with family and friends.  Bryan was back at work today - we really squeezed in every moment of travel time we could.  Today I unpacked my small backpack, the one I would carry around everywhere we went.  Here’s what was inside:

- one pair of socks

- underwear

- one bottle of Advil Muscle and Joint Pain Relief - Extra Strength

- toothbrush and toothpaste from the Shinjuku Prince Hotel in Tokyo

-  the 2012 season schedule for the Yokohama Baystars

- a business card for a travel agent in India named Saji

- my Roots travel bag with all of our flight information in it

- a headlamp flashlight

- a mini bottle of mosquito spray

- some napkins from Starbucks

- prayer beads from India

- a necklace, bracelet, anklet and earrings from India

- my ipod

- directions to the Brothers Bungalow in Bali

- a headband from Tokyo

- good luck candies from a Hindu priest

- sleeping mask and earplugs

- a Taj Mahal snow globe keychain

- sunglasses

- two different maps of the Tokyo subway system

That really does sum it all up, doesn’t it?  It was a trip of a lifetime and an experience unlike any other.  We wouldn’t have changed a thing.  Thanks everyone for keeping up with us through the blog and for all the support while we were on the road.  It was a lot of fun putting together posts and being able to keep everyone up to date on all the crazy stuff we were seeing and it’ll be a great photo diary to look back on. 

Now we’re back to real life.  On Friday, Bryan turns 30 and we officially become adults.  Maybe we should do a blog on that…

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April 14, 2012

On our last night in Vancouver (and our last night of the whole trip!!) we celebrated with our Van family at Hapa for sushi and watch the Canucks.  It was great way to spend our last night of the trip and an amazing send off back home.  This morning we had one last brunch at Reef before saying bye.  We leave for the airport in a few minutes and in a few hours we’ll be home!

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April 14, 2012

We’re staying with our friend Matt in Vancouver, at his place in Kitsilano.  This is the neighbourhood we lived in when we lived in Vancouver and its a beautiful area just a few minutes from the beach. Matt has a great view from his place and it was a lot of fun staying here.

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April 14, 2012

After spending a few days getting rested up in Vancouver, I hopped on a ferry and headed to Victoria to visit my good friends Hayley and Mark, who moved there in the fall.  We had a great few days of hanging out and catching up and Victoria is such a beautiful town.  I forgot to take my camera with me when we were walking around town, but here are some pics of the ferry ride over.  I forgot how rugged the coastline is. Its really beautiful and feels good to be seeing Canada again.

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April 12, 2012

Tokyo at night

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April 12, 2012

Tokyo street view and arcade.  So many arcades.

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April 12, 2012

From Shinjuku Gyeon, the creepy vertical roots of Bald Cypress trees.

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April 11, 2012

The view from the 52nd floor of the Park Hyatt Hotel

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April 11, 2012

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April 11, 2012

Shinjuku Gyeon Cherry Blossom Garden

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