September 2nd - 3rd was the craziest travel day either of us has ever experienced. Woke up at 3 am, taxi to Vancouver airport, flight to San Francisco, 3 hour wait, flight to Tokyo, 3 hour wait, flight to Sapporo airport, train to Sapporo, subway to Hostel area, walk to Hostel. All of this took more than 25 hours so needless to say we were sleepwalking by the time we arrived. Unfortunately, the hostel hadn't received our reservations for a 3 night stay, but they did have a vacant room so we took it and were asleep before our tired heads hit the pillows. In the morning we called a different hostel and they had vacancies so we headed over there and booked in. Dormitory style only, and men and women sleep in different rooms. That's
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