{"id":560,"date":"2006-12-24T20:22:23","date_gmt":"2006-12-24T12:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2006\/12\/2006_12_24_2022.php"},"modified":"2006-12-24T20:22:23","modified_gmt":"2006-12-24T12:22:23","slug":"hola-from-taipei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/12\/24\/hola-from-taipei","title":{"rendered":"Hola from Taipei"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So we&#8217;re in transit to Seattle, and we have a friggin&#8217; <strong>7 hour layover<\/strong> here at Taipei.<\/p>\n<p>Lucky for us, we&#8217;re in the Business Lounge, where they have free food, WiFi and a game room full of XBox 360s! I&#8217;ll be trying them out in a while.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a <em>fun<\/em> travel day all things considered. 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