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I Always Used to Wonder Why Lao-puo's Late Mother...  
   

I Always Used to Wonder Why Lao-puo's Late Mother...

...always said "Port Arthur" instead of "Thunder Bay", and "TCA" instead of "Air Canada". Now I understand. Taoyuan Airport will always be "CKS" to us. I am including a picture of Thai Airlines, because we hope to go back there soon.
The Land Where It's Already Tomorrow, Chapter 18: Down by the Station Early in the Morning, Squawking at Chen, Sir Suzelot

October 26th 2006
It’s a rainy Monday morning, my prepping is all done, and I have two hours of free time until my first lesson. This afternoon I have my two-hour drama class. Never would I have imagined that teaching drama would be so much fun, or even that I could do it in the first place. I awakened early on Saturday morning, for my train trip into Taipei to get Lao-puo. Joe arranged for a semi-express trai ... read more
Asia » Taiwan » Taipei

Chinese/Taiwanese Flag In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using th... ... read more
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