Finally arrived in Taipei after a grueling 26 hour journey. Our landing in Hong Kong was interesting to say the least. As we were coming in, all you could see is water from the window, and the plane was quite turbulent. I decided to not look out the window anymore as I was getting quite nervous, when the plane shot back up in the sky. Not a good feeling when you are 100 meters from the runway and you are heading back from where you came from. I guess there was a storm over the runway and the pilot didn't think it was safe to land at that time, so he tried again, and was successful! And boy was I happy to be on land! Once we arrived in Taipei, I felt like a zombie trying to get through customs and get to our hotel. But we made it.
The first weekend here has been quite fun, and extremely hot. It's like the temperature of hot yoga at all times. You stand, you sweat. You move, you sweat. You sit, you sweat. Air conditioned breaks are needed throughout the day. Friday we did a city tour, had lunch and then went for our medicals with the rest of the Hess teachers. Met a lot of great people, and went for drinks with them later on. Saturday we spent in DanShui, an area outside of Taipei where the river and ocean meets. Very cute place, with a boardwalk on the river with tons of food concessions and games, etc. Mark and I were both sleeping by 7:00 that night. I guess the jetlag wasn't gone yet. Sunday we went to the Taipei 101, which is the second tallest building in the world. Great views. We stayed awake til 9:00pm! Finally starting to adjust to the time!
Today, our 9 day training begins! We find out where we will be located today! :)
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