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Nate and I took a short flight over to Taipei so we could watch the Pingxi Lantern Festival, one of the top 14 festivals in the world according to Fodor's Travel. We arrived on a Friday night, checked into our hotel, and then set out in search of one of Taipei's many night markets.  Tonghua Night Market
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We began this Christmas season with brunch wtih some friends at the officers club on Kadena, where low and behold, Santa decided to visit! #santa! #iknowhim! Of course we had to take a pic with him while we were there #stepasidechildren #santalooksalittletoohappy After unlimited mimosas, and some day drinking festivities, we thought karaoke sounded like a great idea. #naturally For those who have never experienced karaoke at an Asian business or country - please do yourself a favor and go now. You get a private room (#nooneneedstohearmyhorriblevoice #exceptfriendsandfamily #andmaybepeopleinnearbyrooms...), with a phone that you can pick up and order food and drinks, which they then come deliver to you! #perfect Most places around Okinawa are either a BYOB and cheap price for the room per hour, or you pay a set price for 2 hours per person but it includes an all you can drink, drink menu. We had a blast singing the night away with our friends Charlie and Katie  Santa at brunch On our way to Bali, we had a 23 hour layover in Taipei, so we thought: Sweet! Two countries for the price of one :) We took this opportunity to explore this island near where we live, even though their timezone is 1 hour behind ours - giving us an extra hour to explore. (FYI - Okinawa is a quick 1.5 hour flight from Taipei (Tokyo is 2.5 hrs flight from us)). When my dad had visited us in March, he kept saying that Taiwan had a very similar landscape, vegetation, and buildings, similar to Okinawa. (Think rolling green hills with tropical vegetation and cement buildings to combat the typhoons). I would say his assessment was pretty spot on. Our flight arrived around 10:30am, so we hopped in a taxi and headed to our hotel to drop our bags off. Luckily, our $40 per night hotel was across the street from a metro stop, making it easy for us to get around the city.  On our flight to Taipei #letthevacationbegin! |
Megan Bond - AUTHORJust a girl raised in California and loved exploring Southeast Asia with my husband! We're back in the States but still exploring the world as much as we can! Archives
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