Woke up around 10am this morning to our Taiwan roomies vacuuming. They're a little too tidy. Matt was on the phone with his mom around 10:30am when the room started to shake. He asked if I thought it was an earthquake and I said, no I don't think so. Went over to the window to have a look outside, everything looked calm. We figured the laundry must be below us and it was on spin cycle. The shaking stopped about 20 seconds later and I headed downstairs to take a s...

The day of the bungy... The last thing I remember is rushing downstairs as I was late for the bus off to my jump. I know I'm tall, and shower heads come up to my armpits in most countries, but I wasn't prepared for the low ceilings of our hostel stairwells. All Bec heard was a loud thud, then a louder thud as I hit the floor. If I wasn't late for my jumped I might have complained, but I was a man on a mission; albeit a stupid one. As it turned out, our frien...