My Arrival To Taiwan

Hey Guys! 大家好!

Well this is my first of many posts to do with my amazing trip to Taiwan over Christmas and New year in 2013/14.

I'll give you a bit of background about me first though. I'm 6ft 3, ginger, blue eyed and I absolutely love Mandarin, Taiwanese and Cantonese music (as I am a music student, I might write a review of all the albums I have... hmmm good idea for a new blog!).

I arrived in Taoyuan international airport and my goodness was I in for a surprise! Being from Britain (UK), I was used to rowdy northerners at the airports drinking shots before (what they thought) was going to be a treacherous flight to some sunny island where they would pick up some exotic woman with three arms or something.

Alas!, the place was crowded, but so clean and peaceful. I had to wait for about five minutes for my Taiwanese friend named Han to pick me up from the airport.

A very weird picture of Taoyuan international airport

I was pretty stinky by this time as I had to stay in Amsterdam airport for 21 hours, then a ten hour flight to Shanghai Airport, then to Taoyuan airport, so I hadn't been able to have a shower.

The bus journey took about an hour to get to Jing An (景安) in Taipei. I pretty much kept bombarding Han with numerous question about the culture and more importantly the food! When we arrived at his house, which was very traditional by the way (an amazing sight for someone who is used to living in a semi detached house in the countryside with only their immediate family), we tucked into a meal his auntie had kindly cooked for us.

My first meal in Taiwan

After eating this it was time to hit the hay, so we parted ways for the night. When in bed, I pondered on what the next three weeks would bring, and what experiences would I encounter.

My room which Han kindly gave me to sleep in (as it was his room!)