A day in Tokyo!

View from the Tokyo Government Metropolitan building

Last night we landed in Tokyo to start our two week ski and sight-seeing holiday. The airport is a bit over an hour from the city centre and we opted to catch a limosine bus (roughly $30pp). We knew our hotel was close to a train station but had no idea how to get from the station to it, so after the bus dropped us at Tokyo train station we just caught a taxi to the hotel. Surprisingly it was less than $10, but it was only a short trip.
Before we left, we were talking about how every time we go to talk to someone in another language Spanish just pops into our heads. As we collected our bags from the bus, the baggage handler asked (in English) "two bags?". "Si," Brandon replied, and I wet myself laughing.

Diving Fish Rock: South West Rocks

Originally I had our Australia Day long weekend all planned out. We were going to do the main range track in Kosciuszko National Park, but then most people I asked didn't want to (maybe couldn't) go, and others didn't really give proper yes or nos. So our plans changed and we ended up at South West Rocks to do "one of the best dives in Australia" at Fish Rock.
There aren't many places to stay in the area and so I decided to try out Air BnB. Although I felt pretty awkward rocking up at a strangers house to stay there a couple nights, it was actually pretty great. I think we would do it again in the future if it worked out cheaper than other accommodation.

Sharks!

South West Rocks

The locals at the light house

This weekend we headed to South West Rocks for a couple of nights. On Saturday, after we did a double boat dive (and Brandon had a nap) we drove down the coast a little way to the highest lighthouse in Australia. The view from the top was pretty great. We could see Fish Rock, where we were diving earlier in the day.