It’s now December 26th (known as “Boxing Day” in Canada), and another Christmas has passed. For some of us expatriates living in Taiwan, Christmas can be a bit of a lonely time – a time when we miss our friends and family back in our home country. On the upside, however, we still have each other, and I (teacher Jonathan) spent my Christmas Eve/Christmas Morning at Wai Ao Beach with a bunch of Canadian, American and Taiwanese friends.
To get to Wai Ao, I had to take the TRA (Taiwan Railways Administration) train from Taipei Main Station. It took a while to get there (about 1 ½ hours from Taipei Main Station), but the train was very comfortable and very reasonably priced (about 10 US dollars return trip).
They had a campfire going on the beach, so we hung out there for a while, and then went inside my friend’s neighbor’s apartment. The party lasted until past 5am, at which point I took the train back to Taipei, and spent most of Christmas Day sleeping.
Taipei is 12 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time, so I called my family this morning (during their Christmas dinner) to wish them all a Merry Christmas.
I’m at work today, as I was on Friday, because Christmas is not an official holiday in Taiwan. But in late January I’ll get time off for Chinese New Year, so I’m looking forward to it!
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