A week I want to introduce here is my week in Taiwan, where I went to for a week with some of my friends. Here, I will be depicting my journey from beginning to end; from the flight to Taiwan to the flight back. In Taiwan, I did various things such as visiting an aquarium and a beach, riding trains, camping, and even drinking bubble tea! 

On the way to the plane

       This is a photo of me on the escalator, on to riding the plane to Taiwan. My luggage was heavy, but my footsteps felt light, as if I were walking on clouds! Everything was perfect - the air smelled soapy, and the sounds of the planes taking off came to me as a pure excitement. I couldn't wait to get on the plane! When I got off from the plane after the flight, I realized that different countries had different smells - the Taiwanese airport smelled like herbs and spices.

My friends and I in front of the aquarium

      For our first full day in Taiwan, my friends and I went to an aquarium. We saw various fishes, and even got to touch or feed some of them! This was the first time I realized that sea stars were hard, not squishy. Afterwards, my hands smelled like canned fishes, and my clothes like salty seawater, but it was all worth it. We even got to sleep in the aquarium that night, underneath the tunnel exhibit! The next morning, we were waken up by the sound of whales squealing - I never knew whales could be so annoying! :)

At a coral beach

      For our second day, we visited a beach on the coast of Taiwan. Unlike many beaches in Korea, it was a coral beach, which means that there's no sand, but just rocks. These rocks used to be coral reefs, and the sound of the waves crashing on the shore was much louder than I had known for it to be, since the shoreline was of rocks, rather than sand. It was really windy at the beach; one of my friend's hat ended up flying away!

A clock at the train station

      For our third day, we rode a train from Taoyuan to Zuoying. The train ride was long, and we all fell asleep because we were so tired from the days of staying up late. We woke up right in time to get off the train. The train station smelled like street foods, like hot dogs. The train ride was pretty quite,which was totally different from the the train station filled with rackets.

Bubble Tea

     For our fourth day, my friends and I went for a drink of bubble tea. I've never been a big fan of bubble tea, and I was pretty doubtful of it's taste. But it was actually really good! The sweet milktea and chewy bubbles were so amazing, I couldn't believe it. We all felt drenched in the sweetness of the bubble tea, and it was one of the best drinks I had ever eaten.

My name tag

This is a photo of my name tag I got at a camp that I attended for a day in Taiwan. It was a local camp, and it was fun, except for the fact that we couldn't understand half of the things that kids said. The food here was kind of gross (have you ever tried ostrich meat? Well, I'm proud to declare I have) but we all agree on the fact that we enjoyed the thrill of trying out new things.

At the airport

  On the last day, my friends and I had to... leave, it was the last day, after all. My friends and I were waiting at an airport in Taiwan. It was really sand, because we all knew it was going to be our last time traveling together, as I would transfer schools soon after. None of us spoke, but the silence was wiped away by the busy chattering of the airport. 

    These are the things I did for a week in Taiwan. It was amazing, exciting, thrilling, and challenging all at the same time, and we thoroughly enjoyed this trip. I wish I had more time to go traveling in different places, because this trip taught me how fun traveling can be, especially when you go on a journey with our friends.