Really, this should be in my top 3. This is my favorite part about traveling. It's hard to put this into words. Its just a fun feeling I get when being in new places. Predictable trips, predictable vacations are what some people look for. Not me. I love exploring. I love not knowing what you will find around the next corner. And in Taiwan, you can find some pretty crazy things.
Random night market, temples, people "shrimpin" out of swimming pools(yeah I did that), scantily clad girls selling betel nut, parades through the street for some reason I don't know, people burning money to keep the ghosts away, elderly people beating the shit out of themselves. All things you might come across on a short scoot across town.
Taiwan's weather is very predictable compared to Missouri. Typhoon season is pretty fun. But one thing that always catches me off guard is earthquakes. On Sunday we got hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake. I was up in my apartment on the 19th floor. It was pretty freaky. The quake lasted for a minute, according to my students, and I believe them. I really wanted to feel an earthquake when I came here. That appetite is satisfied. I'm okay with stable ground for the rest of my time here.
Sooooooo I havent exactly been keeping up with this every week. And I know my effort wasn't the greatest this time. Ill do better next time, I promise.
52 days until I fly home.
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