Taiwan Trip Thoughts
2017 December 29This week (24 thru 28) I've been to Kaohsiung in Taiwan for some Rest and Recuperating. Some thoughts off the top of my head about the trip:
- It was really good to unplug. I did no gaming, youtubing or redditing, and minimal twittering during these days. My brain feels rebooted and resetted.
- I also had no coffee the entire week. My last and first cups were in the airplane.
- I was really impressed that every train station had great wifi. It was very useful to download last minute travel info.
- I used the iPass electronic money card for all the public transportation, and it had an obscure system where from time to time it would not charge us any money. I still haven't figured out how it worked, but I was glad for it!
- We used taxis two times, and both times the taxi drivers scammed us. But other than that, the trip was hassle free.
- My feed got destroyed after two days of heavy walking. I was hoping to last more than that... :-(
- Chinese temples are so over the top with decorations, with hundreds of dolls in hundreds of positions everywhere. I wonder if they are built all at once, or evolve over time.
- Air China's economy class chairs were really comfortable, but the movie selection was poor. I slept my way in, read a book my way out.
- In the event "buddha meets the gods", one of the caravans visiting the temple was playing the mickey mouse club song. Did Disney finally bought their way into godhood?
- There is probably much more to say about the trip, but if I try to write everything I will never post this, so there!