I'm leaving Tuesday night. I'll be back in a month, July 8.What I'm packing... iPhone, iPad, Airport Express, 1 TB hard drive, Nikon D40, Nikon S640, and required chargers. I'll be taking plenty of photos for sure. I had originally expected to be near an Internet connection at least once every few days to check up on e-mail, Google Voice texts, blogs, etc. Turns out this is probably not going to be possible.
This summer trip (I haven't been considering it a "vacation" for a while now) will be a different one for me, yet again. Seems like every time I go back to Taiwan to visit family and see new places I have to grow up even more. I don't think I'm ready.
I am not sure who I'll see, where I'm staying, or what I'll be doing in Taiwan this time. But one thing is for sure though. I will return a slightly different person, hopefully one more appreciative of life and family, one with more regard for time we have on earth. Even across language barriers, it'll be trip of spiritual enlightenment, you can say.