Guess where I've been!
Last year, when DG transferred to his new job, he mentioned to me that one of the perks that might come of it was a business meeting in Hong Kong. He asked me if I'd want to vacation in the area if that actually happened, to which I answered, sure, of course, why not. Like most things that sound fun and exciting, I brushed it off as an interesting, but not-so-likely possibility.
Note to self: do this more often. Maybe more good things will happen to you this way.
Then in December, DG got the green light from his manager, which meant we had to start planning. Since neither of us had an exhaustive amount of vacation time, we decided to limit it to about a week abroad, plus travel time (HK is 13 hours ahead of EST and a 15+ hour flight, which meant we'd be losing a couple of days in transit alone). Early on, one of the questions DG posed was, did we want to spend the entirety of the trip in HK, or did we want to visit another place in the region because, honestly, how often were we going to have the opportunity to be in Asia? After some hemming, hawing, and weighing of options, we settled on half and half of our trip in Hong Kong and Taipei, Taiwan.
Time to hit up TripAdvisor
