5:30 in the morning. I don’t care who you are, that’s early (and I work nights). That was our meeting time at Lindbergh Airport in St. Louis on this Thursday morning. Let me warn you: if you have fears of flying, don’t watch a movie that involves a plane crash in it before you go. I wasn’t scared of flying having previously flown to Israel in 2001, but I did find it funny that I had watched the new Superman movie the day before I left and it involved a 20 minute sequence with a plane.
We checked in at STL, boarded our plane, and arrived in Atlanta, GA about an hour and a half later. After a short layover, we took flight again to Los Angles, California. We landed in time for a quick bite and off on yet another flight to Taiwan aboard China Airlines. This was a doozey of a flight at 13 hours long. It was nice that we had our own little media sets to watch movies and play film critic (which I did a few times with Ilda, an amazing world traveler – Kenya, China, etc.), but trust me – it’s long. Once we finally reached the island landing in the capital Taipei, we boarded yet another plane for a city in the southern part called Kau-shiung. Once there, we boarded on a bus which took us for an hour long ride to the city where we would be staying – Meinong. Let’s say that everyone was slightly tired and glad to see our beds.
Our rooms consisted of 2 box mattresses on top of each other and featured air conditioning. Praise the Lord for AC! My roommate was Rex, our fearless leader who planned the trip, and he mentioned that a family many times will rent a room with several sleeping on the same mattress. Sorry Rex and no offense, but I’m glad we didn’t have to do that.
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