KLM flight to Taipei. After 7 weeks it was time to continue my trip. We have talked about it, thought about and made the decision together. It was also a wish of my father that I would continue. We have gone through the most sad time of our lives as a family and we will get through it. I will travel for five to six more weeks and will also continue this blog. Today just passing by Taipei Airport, tomorrow early already on to Hong Kong. There are a few too many ...

A last minute beautiful moment, how a customer survey turns into a conversation to remember forever. Just after checking in i am approached by a happy young lady who asks me if i want to fill out a survey with her about Taiwan. I say yes and not for long she senses my sadness. She asks me about it and the survey turns into an open conversation about pride, hope, family and wellness. She has words of wisdom that i have not heard before and certainly did not expe...

Sunday March 11th 2012. I wish this blog was just about my incredible days in Taiwan. I wish this blog was about Taiwanese wearing surgical masks wherever you look. I wish this blog was about the Taiwanese watching TV while they work, eat, shop, poop and walk. About how slow they walk, about snakes at the night market, about how impossible it would be to be here without a local person, about wherever the Taiwanese go, they stamp a little book they carry with the...

Bus 1819 drives me from Taoyuan Airport to Taipei. The hotel that the tourist office sent me too is very simple, very budget and the worst room I have ever had I think. But I am not complaining, it is cheap and it serves the purpose of a place where I can leave my backpack and where I can sleep at night. The Lion City hotel will never make it into my long term memory though.. I shower and walk into town. I feel very foreign, very out of place and quite lost here...

Made it to Taiwan! After a long 14 hour flight, crosising the international date line and being hit with jetlag number two, I am here. Arrival at the airport was a complete mystery but a smooth entrance. Its right away very clear, we are not in the US anymore or the western world. Chinese signs, lots of staff in uniforms and a fever scan machine while exiting the gate. This is Taiwan. Here is where it got confusing for me: Arriving Amsterdam time March 7th 23:00 ...