Day 4 was something of a whirlwind, with further bureaucratic problems and a scare or two, most of which I’d rather not go into quite yet, but will relate soon. As Lisbeth said, we did get our visas, so that’s all okay now. Met a dude named Void, heard some good stories, day 5 was packing time, followed by a long flight.
Now we’re in Taiwan. Our driver wasn’t at the airport, but eventually another driver for Hess showed up, and we managed to get something worked out that resulted in a car coming around for us. His dispatcher on the phone initially told me no one had scheduled us a car, then that it was scheduled, but the time was wrong. She said she could order another, or we could wait until 6:00. I asked if she meant 6:00 pm, because that would be over eleven hours away, and she said that no, it would be 6:00 am. I told her it was 6:38 am already, and she sounded surprised, then told me there’d be a car at the airport in five minutes. It may have actually been faster than five minutes, the guy was there in no time at all.
We got to the hotel around 7:30 or 7:45, so the room wasn’t quite ready, which worked out to our advantage because it turned out to be a smoking room, and the delay gave them time to get a non-smoking room ready. Also it kept us awake a little bit longer. We intended to stay awake until early evening, but that didn’t happen at all. No problem though, since I think we’re about to sack out for the night anyway despite a rather extended nap.
So really, nothing too interesting. We’ll put up something better when we’re more rested and have eaten something.