On to Taipei 101, an enormous upscale shopping mall topped by what was the world’s tallest building from 2004-2009. It was too cloudy outside so we didn’t go all the way to the top. Instead the kids wandered the mall and ate some dinner. Tonight those who still have energy will go to a night…

After breakfast we all gathered up to hear the instructions for the day. Find a bank to exchange currency, purchase our EasyCards (for bus and subway travel) and find our way to the National Palace Museum. The currency exchange at the bank took a while but I think everyone now has NTD for the rest…

We’re not heading out until 10am this morning, so we’ve got lots of time to look around for breakfast. Plus I woke up at 6am and couldn’t fall back to sleep. It’s gonna take a few days to adjust my internal clock. Out in the street Robert showed me a breakfast spot that had just…

We chartered a party bus from the airport to the hotel. Everyone was too tired to take advantage of the karaoke machine onboard. Maybe next time! Huge thanks goes to EnEn who stepped up and skillfully negotiated the arrangements for the buses. Yang Laoshi had to stay back at the airport to take care of…

The island was covered in a thick layer of low fog. As we approached you could see the lights of cities poking through breaks in the clouds. I overheard students remark how painless the flight seemed to be. They even got us here an hour ahead of schedule. It’s almost 10pm and we’re in a…

See you in two weeks!