Taiwan Trip Day 1

Finally, I got the pictures of my trip organized. I think I better jog down my trip in a journal as quickly as possible before I forget. My memory isn’t as good as it used to be. I know, I know…I got older!

I don’t think I have a photo entry for each day. If I were walking down the street trying to get something for lunch, I don’t think that was photo-worthy.

And, I wanted to thank my sister for making this trip possible, where I stayed at her place for 2 weeks. Plus, my sister pretty much paid for everything…

Also thanks to Ron for spending a lot of time hanging out with me, who also treated me a lot of my meals while I was there.

Okay here goes….

Day 1

When I learned that my departing flight from L.A. will be delayed for 30 minutes, I figured I will be arriving Taipei behind schedule. I thought I was being smart by calling my sister and telling her that I am going to be late for at least 30 minutes. But guess what? The “goody too shoes” captain of China Airline wanted to make it right by trying to catch up the lost time. As the result, we actually arrived on time at 9:30pm local time! Oh boy! I called my sister immediately after I landed and she was still stuck in traffic and wouldn’t be in for another 30 min. Luckily, Taipei International Airport has Free WiFi connection and I able to go online with my iPod. That is cool! I seemed to remember while I was in LAX, they wanted to charge you an arm and a leg for the WiFi connection. Uhm…I thought US has more advaned technology and free public services.

After my sister picked me up from the airport, we dropped off my stuff at her place and headed to Watami Taiwan (www.watami.com.tw) for a late dinner. It’s a pretty nice place where they serve casual Japanese cuisines. While I was there, I called my old buddy Ron and he and his girl friend were able to join us. I have not seen Ron for quiet a few years so there were a lot to talk about. After the meal, Ron suggested we go and hang out with another friend of ours Clark at the pub near by. It’s a pretty nice pub but most of the patrons are slightly older, in other words, people in my age. So, I felt right at home! Through out my first night in Taipei, conservatively speaking, I think I might have about…3 beers!