Blogs from CKS International Airport, Taipei, Taiwan, Asia - page 3

Believe it or not, after 6 years of living in LA I only just experienced the Tom Bradley International Terminal. And I was not impressed. Crowded, run down, few facilities....well, it's not so bad BEFORE you cross security, which I managed to do twice last night. I went looking for an ATM only to discover that the only one was located outside the security gate. Good thing my flight was delayed by an hour and I had nothing better to do from 11 pm to 2:15 am. Many hours of boredom later, I was finally on my China Air flight to Taipei. The flight itself was rather uneventful. I mostly slept, but managed to catch up on "The Other Boleyn Girl" (blah, book was much better), "27 Dresses" (predictable but good in-flight entertainment) and "Definitely, Maybe" ... read more

So here we are in Taipei. Fourteen hours on the place wasn't fun, but it wasn't too terrible either. Note, if anyone ever offers you breakfast choices of scrambled eggs or pordge, go with the eggs. Claire wasn't so lucky but she get to experience Tuna Floss...I still have no idea what that is but we think it comes from the sea. Goodtimes.... Our flight will be boarding in a few minutes so we'll have to cut this short. The airport here is really like most other airports I've been to in the states except for the strange writing that I can't read. Other than that it's lovely. Well, we'll post more once we get to Bangkok.... read more

Well I'm cooling my heels in Tapei waiting for my flight to Bangkok and found this free internet station. The flight was long but uneventful. Seemed like I slept alot although my neck feels a little stiff. Watched Rattatouile for awhile which was entertaining. Need to head to the gate but wanted to see how easy this blog was to use. Hope you all are well. brian... read more

Ok the flight over here was a bit of a nightmare. I was awake the whole way to Taipei so I didn't have to much trouble besides on the landing . I'm not to good at landings and we had a lady behind us spewing for about half an hour which didn't help. I'm not a fan of Taipei although we couldn't go outside because you had to pay. The flight from Taipei to Frankfurt wasn't good. I was sick the whole over. I had a sleeping tablet but couldn't sleep properly. It wasn't fun. We had a well deserved bourbon when we got to Frankfurt (No one knows what bourbon is here) and everyone looked at us funny. We realised it was 9 in the morning, hehe. When my feet finally hit the floor ... read more

sitting at an internet cafe at Taipai aiport. Talk about clean! This place is immaculate. I have a 6 hour layover here before heading to Phuket so its going to be fun trying to kill time as I do laps around the airport. At moments I become somewhat reflective. I keep thinking that I have to get back and get to work. I keep thinking there is an immediate date in which I must return to the states. This experience of going out into the world to wander and see as much as could has been floating around my brain since I could remember. I always felt that before I could do anything else I just had to do this very thing - a one way ticket and a savings account. Of course, I will seek ... read more