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... breeze that made it all OK. I walked to the subway station and usually I'd be in a sweat by then, but nope, not at all. I decided to go and do the things that I didn't get to do when I was here. First up was the Guang Hua electronics market. I bought my keyboard cover and then decided to head off not wanting to see anymore of the building. I honestly had no idea where I was going. In the back of my mind, I wanted to see the Sun Yat Sen memorial again, but I couldn't ...

... If you want to know, be there to experience it. Good luck.)<br><br>17 May 2009 (Sun)<br>Sunday was never a day for sight-seeing but good for shopping. Anyway, due to the drinking session the previous night, we woke up late. We also noted the dark sky.<br><br> At the ground floor of Shin Kong building, a little stage was being set up. We know that there were always mini-concerts during the weekends but never expected one here. We noted the ...

... be HERE for four months, but only two weeks. She laughed at my anxiousness, stamped my passport and waved me through. Hooray! All of our bags came through pretty quickly, and we walked through the "Nothing to Declare" walkway to find Bien Laoshi (Professor Bien) waiting for us; waving frantically. We were the first group to arrive (the group that took Northwest hadn't arrived yet) so we waited for them in the waiting area and all proceeded to sign into ...

First off, Woohoo! I made it to Viet Nam. The flights over went so smoothly it didn't even feel like a 29 hour trip. EVA airlines must hire clairvoyent stewards because everytime I had the slightest bit of thirst, or needed anything really, they had already handed it to me 2 seconds before I knew I needed it. The flight over took about 14 ...

... It went very well. One of our new vocabulary words was 'doughnut' and I asked them if they knew Homer Simpson. I was met with a bunch of blank stares. I tried drawing Homer on the board...but with hillarious results. The kids were just rolling on the floor with laughter. LOL. Monday I had this one class that was just terrible. They were not cooperative at all and everything I did was just met with blank stares and total lack of cooperation. I am gonna have to really ...

Route: Green Island - Ferry Boat - Fugang - Taitung ( by bus ) - Taipei ( by train ) Total Distance: 0 km Altitude: 0m So - my W A L K is nearing its end for the time being. I have beakfast in the ' Breakfast and Beautiful Shop ' as the previous day. Wow, now I have to decide whether still to continue to Orchid Island ( Lanyu ), a somewhat neighboring island of Green Island. I have already checked that there is no ship ...

... comes out and invites us in. This man is the owner and artist and his name is La Fu La Se ( A-Guei ). He is a wood and stone sculpturist and film maker. He shows us around and on the second floor is an unused coffee shop. He had not been in his house for half a year because of a film project. On weekends he serves coffee on the second floor - go there, have a look and enjoy a coffee. He is a very interesting and hospitable man. He produces and directs ...

... pax. I can only think how much he must be earning since he has loads of people calling him. His price raised from 1800NTD/car to 2000NTD/car &amp; if 2 pairs get him, it totals up to 2400NTD/car. It's good money for him. However, his service was great but he likes to talk about how a reporter who featured Hualien conveniently mentioned about Stone Minsu but failed to credit him. The gorge was pretty but not exactly amazing. After all, world class sights belong to countries ...

... how amazing the people have treated me here. I hope I can return it in some way. The next time you hear from me I will be home with my beautiful family. I'm sure you can imagine how excited that in 13 hours I get to see Wes, and then shortly after Simon and Daphne. I get to celebrate my birthday for 36 hours this year as it is the 23rd right now in Taipei, but I arrive in Van at 8:30am also on the 23rd. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and all the best in the New Year. Love, Rachelle