Tiger Woods Played Here?

I have safely arrived in Taiwan. My flight from Nagoya was nice. I had an empty seat next to me, so the man of my dreams still hasn’t been found, but the extra space was enjoyable. The service was excellent… which reminds me… I want Joel to know that in 14 hours of flying time I only consumed two cans of diet soda. The rest of the time I drank water. You should be proud.

I arrived in Taiwan about 30 minutes early. Customs was a breeze and my bag was the second one off the plane. Fortunately, Yi-Chen had checked ual.com so I only had to wait around for 10 minutes or so. We went straight out the airport doors to Ling waiting in the car. Surprisingly Ling is an excellent driver. I only feared for my life and those of the wild animals on the streets (mostly cats and dogs) twice in the hour or so that we drove around tonight.

The airport is kind of out in the boonies, so I haven’t seen Taipei yet. We came straight out to the Su’s town which is called Dashi. Yi-Chen guesses that 100K people live here but it backs up closely to other towns with 100K people… so it feels bigger… yet totally unlike anything you would find anywhere I have ever been in the US. The roads are generally very small and many of the buildings show their age. This is interesting because it comes in contrast to the bright Chinese characters and signs that we all associate with Asian cities. We are planning to see some temples and wander around the town more tomorrow.

My hotel is very nice… I was slightly nervous because Yi-Chen booked my accommodations for me. By Asian standards I would describe my room as HUGE… which means it is probably average US size. I have a very nice balcony with a pretty view of the pool. There is supposedly a golf course around somewhere (on the hotel grounds) that was good enough to attract Tiger Woods attention. I have no plans to play it but hope to go and see it. The best part of all this is that my room comes with free breakfast and I am only paying half of what I had originally planned to pay when I was booked at the Sheraton. (More shopping money mom!)

It is now 9:45pm and I am getting very tired. This is great because I anticipate having no downtime because of jet lag. I hope you all enjoy this when you get up (or when you read it Jason since you are already up).

Have a great day.

Katy :~>