Riviera Hotel Taipei

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Heading South for warmer climes....

A travel blog entry by loxias

Oh dear - why ever did I choose such an early flight? Who on earth wants to get an alarm call at 5am, to make sure they are outside by 5:30am for their bus to the airport? Me, clearly, because that is exactly what I had signed up for. The worst part of it was it was the coldest night in Seoul since I had arrived so the wait outside for the bus was …

Huh? What time is it?

A travel blog entry by loxias

Today was my first full day in Taipei. I admit to greeting it with a little trepidation, based on my short jaunt out last night, but thought I am only here for a short time so I might as well try and make the most of it.

Being that I am quite partial to the religious aspect of these Asian countries I thought it only right that I start out …

Ooh, I do believe I spy some sunburn....

A travel blog entry by loxias

Today I had arranged to go on a morning tour, so had to set to my alarm to ensure I was waiting outside my hotel at 8:10am. This was the earliest I think I had left a hotel so far on this trip (excluding my ridiculous departure time from Seoul).

I had booked my tour with Edison Tours, through my hotel. The tour was heading north to see …

Orientation

A travel blog entry by rollingpanda

... beat them fukers with my slipper XD. But nah i got like a solid 7 hours of sleep, I woke up at like 3 am cause I needed to pee and cause Sarah , next to me made a funny noise so I woke up. There also one guy in my group that looks full white ish .... He's half AUZZIE half Taiwanese pretty cool. And we have a Michael and a Jackson in our group ... That = we got a Michael Jackson in our group :3. Lol ...

First night in Taipei

A travel blog entry by rollingpanda

... this huge fried chicken thing which was only 2 bucks ate 1/3 and was sick like Ew no more fried chicken or ill puke my face off. But apparently it's famous around that night market which is why we gave a shot to begin with. One of the other dudes that hung out without with us could solve an Rubric cube in like 40 sec !lol Anyways I'm currently lying in bed with like 7 ish hours of sleep stored up. My stomach is hungry and breaky is in an hour. We have orientation today and get to ...

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