Neon

Wow, bloody hell. Taiwan rocks!

The other teachers are a great laugh. All have been here for a while and enjoy going out and drinking the beers. Luckily I'm staying with a friend in the mountains at the moment, so I'll be looking for a place to share real soon. Beer is cheap and a good evening can last until 5:00am.

I've been in the country for 5 days and I'm loving the place. The humidity is the most striking thing about the place It's about 33 C with 70% humidity. You walk you sweat, you sit down you sweat some more, you go indoors you shiver because the aircon is on. It's a bit like walking around in a sauna some days. Most the time it's fine, shorts, sandals and a T-Shirt works well.

Another thing is the vast amount of signs written in Chinese in neon colours. Every street looks the same. The first time me and Greg (other newbie) walked to the school from Pascal's house (fellow teacher of 3 years) we spent 2 hours looking for it. Eventually we gave up went to a bank and they rang the school who picked us up.

The food is awesome. You kinda point at meat on the stand and the type of noodle you want and they put it in a big soupy cauldron and it's normally served in a bowl with chopsticks and a spoon. Costs about 40-100 NT dollars (60p - 1.66 pounds) N.B. No symbols here!

Anyway I start training tomorrow morning so need a few hours kip ;)
Martin

P.S. Pete good luck with the interview. (and don't abuse my blog!)