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After a super super long hiatus, I finally made my way back to Taipei . Thinking back, my last trip was back in 2010, OMG!!!! 15 years ago…. Hahaha sia! I decided to redeem my KrisFlyer Miles for a return flight, as my miles are expiring soon by this October. Thanks god for free tickets! We took a morning flight, and it is scheduled at 0830hrs. I had a pleasant 4hour+ flight to Taoyuan International Airport . We arrived around 1.30hrs local time. (do note that there is no time different) After clearing the customs at the airport, we made our exit to take our pre-booked return transfer online from the airport. It was pleasant and hassle-free. The private car took an hour to reach Songshan District where our hotel was located. We booked our stay in Taipei at Mandarin Oriental, Taipei . I decided to splurge on our accommodation since we didn’t pay for our airfare. I love the room, as it is perfectly beautiful and pretty spacious. It is located in between Nanjing Fuxing Statio n an...

I was selected to join my fellow colleagues to visit and to board the container vessel  HYUNDAI DREAM on a weekday morning, so all the selected participants were officially on a half day leave in the morning!   HYUNDAI DREAM is under the Europe-Bound trade route which berthed at  PSA (The Port Singapore Authority), Brani Terminal. She was expected to depart from Singapore and sail back to Europe within 24hrs after calling. She is humongous! We needed to climb a 5 storeyed high steep gangway to get on-board and it was rather thrilling!     Climbing up the steep gangway was a pretty scary task for me as it started to shake when I reached the halfway point of my destination, and it applied for both going up and down the gangway! In prior to our visit, we were given a short brief on the safety measures that we needed to take note of when boarding the vessel. Each of us were given a safety gear consisting of a vest, helmet and...