The internet here is unreliable so i'm posting my photos on facebook.com from now on. Here are some links to my albums.
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2046156&l=77e5b&id=50100857
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2045821&l=160e9&id=50100857
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2045820&l=c18e5&id=50100857
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2045819&l=776f7&id=50100857
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2045579&l=c8717&id=50100857
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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Welcome to the caribbean love.
WRITTEN ON 9/15/08
So I’ve made it to the other side of the world. I’m thirteen hours ahead of my body clock and it hurts. If you are reading this after 11am then I’m also in tomorrow by your watch. Here’s a hint about the future: tomorrow won’t be as bad as today.
I arrived on Sunday morning. I picked up a bug so the first few days have been snotty (I have a cold). I landed in Taipei and waited through the longest customs line every. Chinese people have no concept of queuing. Dolly was waiting for me and helped me to get the bus ticket to the next airport and the island hopper to Kinmen.
Patti and David Jernigan met me at the airport in Kinmen with their car to give me a lift. My first order of business was to shower. I smelled like a bear. The Jernigans then took me around to get furnishings.
After I was settled in, the Jernigan’s daughter, Ginger, took me down to one of the beaches to do some surfing and BBQ. The surf was non-existent, but people were trying anyway. Only like six people on the whole island can surf. Everyone else just paddles around.
I slept terrible the first night. I’m two inches too tall for my bed and the roommates keep shutting of the A/C. I woke up every few hours in a puddle of sweat and mucus. (let me apologize for the vulgarity. I’m still a little sick while I write this and I’m angry about it.)
I used the two days before class started to explore the island a bit. Below are some of the pics I’ve taken thus far. I’ll try to add captions to them when I post them on facebook. I’m very tired right now, so I’m fairly useless even to you guys. This jetlag is terrible.
So I’ve made it to the other side of the world. I’m thirteen hours ahead of my body clock and it hurts. If you are reading this after 11am then I’m also in tomorrow by your watch. Here’s a hint about the future: tomorrow won’t be as bad as today.
I arrived on Sunday morning. I picked up a bug so the first few days have been snotty (I have a cold). I landed in Taipei and waited through the longest customs line every. Chinese people have no concept of queuing. Dolly was waiting for me and helped me to get the bus ticket to the next airport and the island hopper to Kinmen.
Patti and David Jernigan met me at the airport in Kinmen with their car to give me a lift. My first order of business was to shower. I smelled like a bear. The Jernigans then took me around to get furnishings.
After I was settled in, the Jernigan’s daughter, Ginger, took me down to one of the beaches to do some surfing and BBQ. The surf was non-existent, but people were trying anyway. Only like six people on the whole island can surf. Everyone else just paddles around.
I slept terrible the first night. I’m two inches too tall for my bed and the roommates keep shutting of the A/C. I woke up every few hours in a puddle of sweat and mucus. (let me apologize for the vulgarity. I’m still a little sick while I write this and I’m angry about it.)
I used the two days before class started to explore the island a bit. Below are some of the pics I’ve taken thus far. I’ll try to add captions to them when I post them on facebook. I’m very tired right now, so I’m fairly useless even to you guys. This jetlag is terrible.
Friday, September 12, 2008
So I evacuated from Gustav on that sunday and then spent 5 days in NYC. Due to the intermintence of internet connections i took notes each day and would then type up my entry. below is the copy/paste of my first entry.
Firstly, I want to thank my parents for everything they’ve done for me. They are the reason I am prepared, capable, and brave enough to take on an adventure like this.
I love you and I miss you terribly.
Please bear with me and my writing style. I’m going to test different methods of posting information to see which is the most efficient and palatable for my audience.
The internet here is patchy at best. I’m going to attempt to upload photos in the future. I haven’t had much luck so far. (for a country who exports so many microchips, you would think they’d be fast than 10K/s)
I also wish to say thank you to my Deb Baber and Andrew Lindsey. She is the loving aunt who provided me with free lodging during my stay in New York. Drew has always been a perfect travel buddy. I could not have seen everything and enjoyed it without his incredible ability to get things done. He doesn’t go on trips; he goes on adventures.
I have spent a total of five days in New York City. Three of those days were sight seeing days. Two were chill days. Drew believes in doing as much as possible on the first day of a trip. That way, as self initiative decreases, there are less reasons to get up so early.
Here’s the complete list of what I saw or did in New York City.
Day 1
Statue of Liberty
Ellis Island
Wall St.
Ground Zero
China Town
Little Italy- Lombardi’s “Original” New York Pizzaria
Biked Central Park
David Letterman---> Nicholas Cage
To Dai---amazing 200ft sushi bar; all you can eat
Madison Square Park
Flat Iron Building
McSorely’s—oldest pub in New York; only serve two kinds of beer: Light and Dark
Some Random Night Club—wasn’t paying attention at that point
Day 2
Walked Brooklyn Bridge
Toured United Nations-very cool
Spamelot on Broadway-swallows and coconuts
McDonalds at Time Square—not very exciting but we we’re hungry after the play.
Day 3
Empire State Building
Grand Central Station
Here are some pictures of what we did.
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