without further hesitation, let’s just get thing started.
LAX
ready for sleep
bimbimbop on a plane?! freakin amazing.
might as well start the trip right
her new best friend, rachel
transfer in tokyo
hi2u!
narita airport is for smokers
mm…curry and ramen
ARRIVAL IN TAIWAN
our hotel room:
after almost 24 hours of travel, instead of sleeping…we do the next best thing
our beloved darts bar
annie got a bullseye…like the EXACT middle dot
not sober and w/ a giant christmas tree
tree love
his first convenient store experience
the next morning:
水煎包
walking to our old dorm 國青宿舍
ooo yay, the building is close to finished
on the rooftop!
at the VERY top (look at how small annie is!)
scary climb down
apparently it looks like we’re from the 70’s
forest behind 台大
the plane
james trying to get into the girls dorm (see the security?)
how about a closer look….(barbed wire and broken glass ftw)
new thing in front of the library 圖書館
it’s called a share house
and you can draw in it!
no porn please
that’s supposed to be CA…but the general consensus believes it’s a sock
ya!
ximen 西門丁
james feels at home
omg shoes
and as many of you knew…i was in BAD need of a haircut
with our hairdresser, peggy (it was costume day at the salon….don’t ask, i don’t even know)
the luxy special
our new hair!
we fit in now
oh yes
the stinky tofu! 臭豆腐
as is customary, we have to take sticker pictures after the haircut
wes’s bday party @ Luxy
start the night out right because who wants to pay for drinks inside the club, seriously?
oh how i’ve missed them
pahah
what a bum
his first experience with THE FRIED LADY
is that a deep fried ritz cracker?
lunch the next day….UGH SO TASTY
@ CKS 中正紀念堂
it’s reopened!
ooo pretty
sitting with all the old men at 西門
mmm…bbq green onions wrapped in pork
we took a side trip to the southern part of taiwan…gaoxiong 高雄 and kending 墾丁
on the HSR (high speed rail)
with our personal driver and tour guide (he was so cool)
on the way to 墾丁
while we were going more south, it just got windier
rawr
so clear outside
we wished we could have swam here :\
looks like a gorilla’s head!
cute seats
ugh so nice
: )
an AMAZING meal
best clam soup
on the way to the lighthouse
ya!
we like these : )
safest walkway in the world
so peaceful
it doesn’t look that bad…but it was like a 15~20ft drop
the cave of mystery
most southern tip of taiwan
it’s where 3 oceans meet..so it is VERY VERY VERY windy 風很大!
best go karting in the world!
so much fun
some crazy new mall in 高雄
the inside
some of the best shrimp i’ve ever had!
our hotel room
at some british building?
chiang kai shek sat there!
creepiest aquarium ever
these things were seriously over 20 feet long
a little creeped out
cool bridge
james looks like an old man
i liked the reflection
famous 高雄 pagoda’s
rawr
our return to taipei!
our new hostel room…very small i might add, hahaha
good ol’ fashion degenerate drinking
ghetto
who is this creepy homeless lady?!
it took james 2 hours to finish that beast on the right
back at fried lady
chicken hearts and string beans….UGHH
next day: our old alleyway : )
best 排骨飯 on the planet
xmas eve @ club wax! (guys – $10: all you can drink, girls $FREE: all you can drink)
i love taiwan.
floor dancing
wooo, good night!
going back to the 24H 豆漿 place
KTV for xmas
lol @ angela
am i sexual?
we thought it’d be funny if the MRT got so crowded that james didn’t notice we got out…
haha
xmas dinner at mcD’s
his transportation
next day: the 101
yay!
our minitrip to taichung 台中 to visit ivy!
she drives!
er?
mammoth museum
i think he wanted to play
some plant center
super nice area
don’t go chasing these
peace with the giant bee
night market in 台中
so tasty
thai banana pancake
back to taipei…
best duck soup on the planet
yum
coffee break
eating at the best stinky tofu stand in taipei
some MRT antics
protect them lungs
i’m a G
another night at the darts bar
he stole an ornament and we met some cool kids
annie and i took another side trip to hualien 花蓮 to visit her grandpa and relatives
took the normal train this time
at her uncles hot pot place (非常好吃!!)
new baby cousin!
qtpie
walking to her grandpa’s house
down the street where annie was raised
new years!!!
again with the drinking outside
my personal cup holder
new years love
at our ghetto new years bar
the proposal
she won
boom! hi2u 2009
let the eating begin
back at 豆漿
then more fried lady
i think they were all from south africa?
@ family mart for more drinks
she just HAD to try these (apparently they were horrible…but she still finished both of them!)
淡水 with vivian!
tasty bag of crabs
sparklers to set the mood
gotta keep the ears warm
better watch your back
hookah bar w/ sunge
ooo pretty : )
drunken shrimp time!
kung pao stinky tofu, beetle nut plant and some beef
so basically they get live shrimp, put them in sake and let them drink it up so they aren’t so…agile…then you just pop their heads off and eat them. i could only eat one, but annie and james loved them!! i was watching our videos from this and when i was peeling mine, the tail was still moving -_-
you can see them on the right
then off to hot pot for the start of angela’s 24h bday! 火鍋 <3
motorcycle gang
lol
creepy stalker
next day: queens head and keelung 基隆!
slr army
northern taiwan
that’s not the queens head
i like this pic
rock tripods ftw
woo go me!
james, wes and i wanted to climb this mountain for the view
it was pretty damn nice
bridge of destiny
THE QUEENS HEAD
isn’t as big as we thought it would be..
but we still liked it!
like hollywood?
基隆夜市
i couldn’t even imagine how one would eat one of these
mmmm
hrm?
our favorite coat
streetside sashimi that didn’t make anyone sick!
on our way back to taipei
rest time
then off to primo!! this was our table (w/ bottle service and everything!)
btw — annie, james and i had to leave taipei by 6am to catch our 9am flight back home to the states
i’m just gonna throw up a bunch of pictures from the night!
for nancy
my angelar
my kaka : )
with my loves
happy 24th!
we basically partied until around 4am…and by that time, my camera batteries were completely drained so everything that happened after that is sort of a blur (hah!) but all i know is that we ate some more 豆漿, stumbled back into our hostel around 5:30am, took a shower, got into a taxi and went to the airport by 6am. i once swore that i would never drink heavily before flying internationaly but here i was again -_- it wasn’t that bad, i basically remember waking up in tokyo feeling like hell but after a while felt a little better 
this is the only picture we have going home:
HAH…he had to stand up on that little platform while they searched him. oh james.
well that’s it! there has got to be over 1000+ pictures we took from the trip so i’m sure there are some that i’ve missed. but all in all, i think this post should give you guys a better insight as to what we actually did over there (as opposed to the 324890 albums on facebook)!! i must say that it’s nice to be back at home but in all honesty, our hearts are still in taiwan. i couldn’t have asked for a better trip. thanks to angela, wes and francesca…our beloved EAP lovers who will forever be the coolest people on the planet. also, thanks to annie, wes and james because some of the pictures posted up here were theirs : ) and to taiwan — we may be gone now…BUT WE’LL BE BACK…relatively soon, i might add 
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