The Travel Peoples

  Years back, my office posse planned on embarking on our first ever short trip abroad. We went to Tapei using our U.S. visas since we could go visa-free to Taiwan with it. We applied online and after a short wait, our Taiwan visas were ready. That time, Cebu Pacific had plane tickets on sale so we took advantage of it, too. Taipei is my type of city because of its clean surroundings. Everyone observes tidiness whether in the streets or public transports. They all adhere to the rules. Although we had this little scenario that was kind of traumatic. I remember one colleague was still finishing her takeaway coffee while waiting for the train. The guard on duty, struggling to express herself, warned my colleague not to drink while waiting on the platform. Due to the language barrier (many Taiwanese couldn’t speak English), we all thought that she could have that one last gulp and then throw it in the very visible garbage bin. But as she was about to do the bottoms-up, the lady guard w...