Delayed…
Taipei Airport, Taiwan
Local Time: December 23, 2008 – 6:30AM
I thought that I was going to be able to countdown the days to the trip, but time sure did pass me by… The last three days prior to the trip was a blur with lots of last minute errands that had to be run and before you know it, we found ourselves at the airport and before long on the plane. Just when I thought that things were going smoothly – we hit our first roadblock…
We had an unexpected detour on the way to Hong Kong since there were volcano eruptions in the Pacific Northwest around the Alaskan waters. So here I am sitting on the plane as we wait for them to refuel, restock, and clean out the Boeing. The flight was surprisingly OK. I was able to sleep for more than half of the flight, the food was pretty darn good which makes me wonder why people are so critical of airplane food. I was able to watch three movies in the time that I was awake… a luxury that I haven’t been able to enjoy for quite a long while. Makes me wonder why I waited so long in the first place to take a vacation.
Anyhow, I digress – we are waiting for the plane to refuel so that we can get to Hong Kong where we have about 30 minutes to catch our connecting flight to Beijing. I sure hope that we make it out of this OK – stay tuned…
