Today marks my last week in the United States. This time right
now, in Eastern Standard Time, will be 5:21am in the morning Tuesday in Taiwan.
I will be sleeping in my bunk bed in a hostel in Taipei. I have been trying to
get ready for my coming trip. I have bought clothes and ordered New Taiwanese
Dollars from the bank because I have to pay for the hostel in cash. I don’t
really know what I will do when I wake up that Tuesday afternoon in a strange,
new and exciting new place. But then again, that is why I wanted to travel; to
explore a new place and to challenge myself like never before. I feel that I will be jet lag and might sleep
the day away since my plane ride is almost 25 hours (not including layovers)!
When I was in middle school I went to Colombia and stayed
with my family for 2 months. I remember how much I changed during that short
trip. I wonder how much I will change when I return from Taiwan. I
think the thing I look less forward to is having to ride a bus for 2
hours going from Taoyuan Airport to Taipei and then to my hostel. I will get to
the hostel very late and I hope there will be someone to let me in that late.
To my dismay, I found that there are no hostels in Taoyuan country. I have looked
and looked but I can’t find any of them online. So I cannot stay in one for a
night and the hotels are very expensive. In my worst case scenario If I get to the
hostel and can’t get in I will take a taxi to the nearest hotel for the night. I
will be on my own from the 4th up to the 22nd when I have
to go move in into my dorm. I hope to enjoy this time to the fullest! Maybe I
can make friends with others in the hostels and travel in groups with them or I
will just go solo.
I will now try to enjoy my mother’s home cooking
and my girlfriend’s company before I leave. I am very excited for what awaits
me half way around the world
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