Our trip to 墾丁 (Kenting, Southern Taiwan) started today... or so we thought.

Benjamin (my coworker) had been the correspondent setting up the trip details on our end. But she (yes, she) fell sick over the fews days and had to opt out. Fred and I left the office promptly at 4pm, taking two hours off work, to start our scuba vacation a little early and head out on a 7-hour drive that would get us to the Southern tip of Taiwan.

As we arrived in 台中 (Taichung) at 5:30pm to pick up Fred's wife, we called the scuba instructor to inform him that we were already on our way.

He asked "Oh, you guys are heading down tonight?"
To which I replied "Yes, when are you going down?"
He says "tomorrow".
"Aren't we having our lesson tomorrow (Friday) morning?"
"I thought it was Saturday, Sunday, Monday."
"No, planned it for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday."
"Oh, okay. We can go tonight then."

Ok, back on track. We pick up Fred's wife, switch cars, and head back on the highway. About 30 mins later, we get a call from another guy (another scuba teacher coming to teach on the trip) and he said that he can't change his schedule and to see whether we can switch to Saturday - Monday. Fortunately, it's do-able for us.

We drive back to Fred's wife's parents' place, have dinner there, and back to Hsinchu thereafter. So basically, we left the office at 4pm to drive a total of 4 hours and have dinner in 台中. Silly.

Basically, they screwed up. The email correspondence clearly said Friday (20th) - Sunday (22nd). Ahh well, we'll be leaving work tomorrow at 2pm - 3pm to do it all over again.