Through the Rabbit hole.

This trip to Taiwan has been a whirlwind of emotions. I woke up this morning and tried getting everything together for my trip. I spend a lot of time over thinking everything (and somehow forgot my computer charger D : ) I left an hour later then I wanted to but I was not too worried about that.

 

RDU

 

RDU was a ghost town!!  There was no one there at all. I checked in my luggage ($275!!!) with little problem and then sat down with my girlfriend and sister to wait before I went through security.  The byes are always sad…but without that the hellos would not be so sweet. It took me a bit to get through security but when I did I heard the last call for boarding to ATL so I jumped on the plane and got ready to go.  This plane was packed to the brim with people and it was hot in that plane -.-. Oh well it was just a hour flight till we got to ATL.

 

ATL

 

This was a ghost town too : D. I guess no one flies on Mondays! I had to find a map to find where the gate I was leave at would be. F06 and I was all the way at gate A. So my plane leave in 30mins I can NOT miss this flight. I walk through terminal A,B,C,D,E and got lost in E and took the train to F. Then I heard “this is a page for Jeffrey Cardenas your flight heading to Tokyo is not closing its gates” I ran as fast as I could through terminal F till I got to it before they closed the door. Phew I was almost study in Atlanta.  I notice that almost everyone on this flight was Asian. Also all the warnings were in Japanese then English. I couldn’t help and smile because this is what I wanted to experience.  This flight was SO LONG. OMG I was so ready to get of this plane!! 15 hours stuck in a seat! At least I had a T.V in my seat and I watched “back to the future” “The Truman Show” “Forest Gump” and part of “Super 8” before I  fell asleep randomly.  My butt was also super sore from sitting down : /.  Looking down at Japan was so  cool there are clumps of mountains and jungle and the rest is all lights.

 

Japan

 

The Japanese people are ssssssssoooooooooooooo nice!!!!! I have never had someone say sorry for something that was my fault so many times.  They have massages everywhere and I couldn’t help but notice everyone was staring at me.  I had more time to get on this flight and even got to use the bathroom. I could feel my heart beating as I got on my last plane before I got to Taiwan. I sat beside a girl named Sandy she was born in America but all her family lives in Taiwan. Like all of mine live in Colombia. This flight I think was the worse. I was over taken by extreme fatigue. I would look at something and then wake up 10 minutes later and this happened for 3 hours till I got to Taipei. I could not get a good rest I keep waking up in 10-20 minutes feeling even more tired. I felt like a zombie walking to immigration. The lady that took my passport laughed saying that she studied at Yuan Ze before. I smiled at her. I got this little luggage carrier thing and waited for 30 mins and got my three bags.

 

Taiwan

 

I walked and saw a lot of people holding signs. I could not find my sign. But I did find my friend Gloria and went to her. She was so nice to come get me from the airport. I found my host family and we clicked very well!! I feel so happy and safe with them. We went to eat something at a 7-11 store (which are in every street corner). We ate and talked. The ride was fun. Taiwan is very pretty even at night. But now I need to go to sleep. It is 12:07 PM Taiwan time. Here are pictures I have taken so far.

 First meal in Taiwan

 My host mother and sister

 Living room

 My Bathroom

My room

Upstairs room