Arrival in Taipei

Local time: Oct 8, 5am

Typhoon Krosa delayed my trip from 1:16pm Oct 5 to 8am Oct 6, but I have now safely arrived in Taipei. I am staying at the Grand Hyatt Hotel Taipei which is very nice and located in the heart of Taipei. My last trip to Taiwan (in August) also involved a typhoon (Sepat) and my hosts here have noticed the trend!

I am here for company business and so will spend this week less as tourist and more as a businessman. Along with me for this stretch are 3 co-workers. My main mission for this part of the trip is to pass off the relationship I have built with a key handset company in Taiwan to these co-workers, because my last day with the company is Friday.

I then trade my collars for t's and head to Beijing, Xian, Hangzhou, Wuxi, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. It also looks like I will be going to Singapore to interview with a company there. (More on all these locations as I visit them!)

It is currently 5am local time (got to love jet lag!), but yesterday I did walk around a little bit. Luckily damage from the typhoon seemed limited, but definitely some down trees and torn up buildings (and sadly 5 local fatalities). Along with Dave (one of my co-workers) we headed over to Taipei 101, the tallest building in the world. We did not go to the top, but will likely try later in the week when it is a bit clearer.

Later today we will visit our host company. I have really enjoyed working with the folks there and it will be good to see them.