Taiwan Trip Day 3

Day 3

Wanted to wake up late but couldn’t. This was a very important day for me. To be perfectly honest, this trip is not entirely about fun and leisure. I had some very important personal matters that needed to be taken care of which requires my presence. On the night before, I got the directions of the places I needed to go from my sister, looked up for the bus routes and schedules on the Internet, and still didn’t manage to get out of the house until 11am.

To my surprise, things went amazingly smooth and well. I got to give the Taiwan governmental agencies two thumbs up on how efficient and effective they handle their business. Has anyone been to the DMV or post office in the states? Imagine how long you have to wait in line before those people at the counter even look at your direction? Well, none of that is happening here. The wait is about 10 minutes or less and you get to sit in the lobby with magazines and newspapers. One worker even poured me a cup of tea while I was waiting. Try to top that in the states or anywhere else in the world!
Finally, I finished all the things on my check list for the day and I was officially off the clock. I called my buddy Ron again and we all went out for dinner. I forgot the name of that restaurant but I did remember they had very tasty dumplings, pot stickers and small steamed pork bun (水餃, 鍋貼 & 小籠包).

dinner we drove around the city for sight seeing. Taipei is a very beautiful city at night with lots of places to hang out. We drove around in the area near the Taipei 101 Tower and I managed to get one shot (not a very good one, it was too dark). I was exhausted because I’ve been running errands all afternoon so we called it the night.