The flight went by quickly, having slept roughly 9 hours of the 12-hour flight. I guess I prefer it that way. Almost immediately after stepping off the plane at 6am, I could smell "Taiwan" - and unfortunately, it's not a smell one would describe as fragrant. Flagrant, perhaps. For the most part, it smells like a lot of Asia in the summer. My mom and I took a coach / bus into Taipei from the airport and were greeted by my aunt and uncle. They brought us to my cousin's place where we'd be staying.

We had lunch with a couple cousins (all from different families, including myself), their significant others, and my aunt. It was great to see some familiar faces: one I haven't seen in 17 years, and one I saw only 1.5 weeks ago in Vancouver. The first day awas rather uneventful, but was suitable for getting settled. Internet access comes in the form of free dial-up ISPs for a whopping 54 kbps. It'll have to do.

That's that for now. We're 15 hours ahead, making it 8:45pm right now (GMT +08:00). Cheerio.