Originally Posted by
RicoD
Which reminds me Drew, did you attempt to speak the native langauge while you were there or did english suffice in most areas?
Whenever I visit a new country I try to tourist my way into the native langauge :reechy: But sometimes I have to revert to English and :x: They understand...
Mixed bag on the English.
I tried not to use it because they take advantage of Americans whenever possible. Jen knows how to speak Taiwanese, so I was all gravy on the streets.
It's strange too. Most of the buildings and malls have English names. "Asia World Market", "Agora Garden Hotel" ... but if you say that to a cab driver, they have no idea what you're talking about. Over here, when something has a name, that's what it is. Over there, if it has a name, it will also have a Chinese interpretation.
I always carried a business card of the place I we were staying at.
speaking of cabs ... their cabs are light years beyond ours. I rode in a few
Nissan Teanas. (US counterpart = ?) One of them had headrest LCDs cut into it with built in, retractable window shades.
The van that took me to the airport had satellite TV beaming to it. I was watching the Cubs playing the Dodgers, live.
Originally Posted by
Tark
I know... ineed to buy something to pack in. I only have big suitcases but i want to be able to travel by train without having to chekc the bagage you know?
2 weeks of clothes in a carry on? That's ROUGH. Since most airlines have a 50lb max capacity bag, I'd just go with that.
Originally Posted by
Tark
thats a big Time diff... always like that after a big trip, seams like you need a week off after to recuparate.
you get severely :loco: when you cross that date line fo sho.