Day 12: Travel Day

Nau maiYesterday we flew from Tokyo to Vancouver. I really wanted to try the big, fluffy Japanese pancakes and I made it my mission for the morning. At 10:45am I was queued outside A Happy Pancake in Shibuya, waiting for my chance to scoff some of these delights into my mouth before rushing back to the hotel for lobby call. At 11am on the dot my name was called and I was shown to my solo dining table in the corner. I ordered the Happy Pancakes, three huge, fluffy, happy pancakes served with whipped Manuka honey butter and a bittersweet caramel sauce. They took fifteen minutes to come out and I put them away in a few seconds, an easy task given how light and airy the interiors were. At midday we checked out of our hotel and loaded the gear into our final small bus. We said goodbye to Tokyo with a very nice drive along the elevated motorway, soaring above the port and gaining great views of Tokyo Bay. We arrived at Narita Airport and loaded everything onto luggage carts. The luggage…