Free wifi in Taipei! But everything is in Japanese and/or Chinese characters. Took me about half an hour or so to figure out how to get signed in, but once I did the blog switched back to English. Shew! That was tough!
The flight left about 35 minutes late, but arrived about 30 minutes early. It was a great but long flight and I think I watched 6 or 7 movies. I took an Ambien after they served the meal early in the flight, but sleep still eluded me. I don’t know why I can’t sleep on an airplane.
Arrived in Taipei sans any paperwork to complete for immigration. Transfer passengers were routed through a quick screening and sent to the gate. I hope my luggage transfers, because there were no instructions to pick it up for customs or rechecking; there was no immigration check, and no check in procedure to go through. Super easy! Then, to really make my day, the bathrooms were clean, had western toilets, and even had seat covers provided. It’s the small things in life, you know?
I could tell it is humid here by the mugginess of the tunnel thing you exit the plane on (not a technical term) and by the mildew smell, which I assume is ever present. Once we broke through the clouds, I saw a lot of green and some nondescript modern buildings that could have been anywhere in the world. Since this is all I will see of Taiwan, it will leave no impression on me.
I still have two flights ahead of me (to Bangkok and then Phuket) before I get a break over night and then a 3 ½ hour drive to Kuraburi. This was the longest and hardest stretch and it is nice to have it behind me, but EVA Air was nice. My flight left in darkness (1:00 AM PDT) and continued in darkness the majority of the way. It seemed to take forever to see the sun come up. It is weird going between major time zone changes!
Anyway, arrived safe and sound into South East Asia and continuing on after a break. I’ll write again in Bangkok or Phuket, as time permits.
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