First Day in Taipei

Our first full day in Taipei is drawing to a close as all of you wake up.

I can see why Barbara and John like it here. Taipei is a large city, but it's nice. Between the metro, buses, boats, trains, cabs, etc, they don't even own a car. It's also very eclectic. We tried all sorts of things today, including fried squid, lurid ice milk cones, and fish paste soup. Barbara just gave me a slice of some fruit that doesn't have an English name. It was red outside, and tasted like a cross between an apple and watermelon, with overtones of celery and lettuce. It was good!

We headed off to the hospital this morning with Barbara. She doesn't know exactly how the healthcare system works here, but she does know that after they were here for 3 months they got a health card for the national healthcare system. With it, they just have small co-pays. At her first clinic, there were long waits, but at this place she was only gone about 1/2 hour.

The picture shows the juice available at the vending machine at the hospital.

Afterward we took the metro farther on, to where the Tanshui Keng dumps into the ocean. There's a little tourist town that amused us. We found a ferry boat to take us all the way to the delta.

Now it may only be 8:30 pm, but I'm about falling over exhausted. I haven't had much jet lag (knock on wood) so I figure another good night of sleep may just set us right.