3/10 Trip Recap

3/10/2013: I'm back in Denver and thinking about my big trip.

Recap:
Japan 2/15 - 2/25
Seoul 2/25 - 3/1
Hong Kong 3/1 - 3/5
Taiwan 3/5 - 3/9

Best Day: Had to be day 2 skiing at Rusutsu. Probably the least "cultural" day of the trip, but the powder was deep and the slopes were empty. It was one of the best skiing days of my life, and probably one of the best overall days of my life.

Runner-up Best Day: Biking and hiking in Taroko Gorge in Taiwan. The weather was beautiful, the scenery was incredible, and the hiking and biking were a lot of fun.

Best Meal: I had a lot of great meals - the Japanese pancake for my last dinner in Japan, the sushi train in Kyoto, the sushi at the fish market in Tokyo, my many ramen dishes in Japan, the Korean pancake in Seoul, and street food in Hong Kong and Taipei. The top meal, though, had to be the Korean dinner I had with the two women from the tourist info center. "Soon Du Bu" is a spicy tofu soup, and it was really tasty, especially when combined with steamed rice. Admittedly, that meal was also really memorable because it was a random meetup with the ladies from the tourist information center.

Forms of transportation: airplane, train, bullet train, taxi, ferry, cable car, skis, bicycle, foot,  travelator (in Hong Kong), van, bus, shuttle, subway, chairlift.

Favorite Country: Japan was really great, and I really enjoyed Taiwan too. Every place was a lot of fun, but Taiwan gets extra points because it was nice and warm.

Now I get to enjoy 2 weeks of being back home in CO, then off to Thailand with Ariel!