Christmas Travel 2012 – Day 0 in Taiwan
The day for us to go back to Taiwan finally came. Ashley and I boarded our flight to Taiwan via JFK and NRT on Tuesday’s red eye and after twenty four hours in the air, arrived in Taipei late Thursday...
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Our first full day abroad. After first spending the morning sharing wedding photos and other photo-gifts with Grandma, we made way toward the National Revolutionary Martyrs’ Shrine 國民革命忠烈祠. Chiang...
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Having been starved of data access for too long now I started the morning off with a walk out to a nearby ChungHwa Telecom for a prepaid SIM. $450 NT ($15 USD) later, we were set for 7 days of...
View ArticleChristmas Travel 2012 – Day 3 in Taiwan and Hong Kong
Presidential 總統府 Somewhat recovered from the massive banquet of the previous evening, although not quite fully, it was now time for … another one! This time in celebration of Ashley and my wedding +...
View ArticleChristmas Travel 2012 – Day 4 in Hong Kong
Ah. Christmas Eve. In contrast to Taiwan, where Christmas is non-existent with no vacation time, Hong Kong pseudo-celebrates it as a former British Colony. Christmas Day is a day off as with other...
View ArticleChristmas Travel 2012 – Day 5 in Macau
A theme of the trip thus far: 人山人海 Sea of People I taught the phrase to Ashley this morning. Its literal translation is Man, Mountain, Man, Sea. Typically used more so to describe displeasure in...
View ArticleChristmas Travel 2012 – Day 6 in Hong Kong and Taiwan
Stanley Coastline As a travel day back to Taiwan, we woke up early to grab a quick breakfast (at Super Sandwich again). We only had time to do one last thing so we went to Stanley. Via subway and...
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