The begining of the journey

Three months ago I found an interesting email offering an all expenses paid trip to travel to Taiwan for the Youth Week Celebration. The thought of going to Taiwan was very intriguing. Well I  knew where Taiwan was but it not know much about the country. As I filled out the application form i discovered that I needed more information on the country to apply. So

 I googled Taiwan and learnt more about Taiwan before applying. I was hopeful when I applied, I thoght what do I have to loose by submitting my application. I desperatly needed a holiday and two weeks in Taiwan would be excellent.Two months later I got another email informing me that I had made into the prelimenary selection for the event and I should confrim my availability. I got approval from my supervisor and responded notifying them of my availability.

The finanl list would be releassed on May 31 2011. The wait so not so daunting. The morning og the 31st I kept checking my inbox nothing. Then I checked the facebook page people were celebrating that they made it onto the list.As I read the post my heart was breaking I had been so excited about the possibility of going. It was all I could think of the week before the announcement . I found the list but did not find my name, for some reason i decided to check the couries that were represented then I spotted Botswana and my name. I  started screaming and jumping my collegues were shoked that i won the lottery .

In preparation I decided to get an e-passport  well ... After filling in my application form it was declined because my id had expired. Well I knew that already and had applied for a new id a month back but becuase of the ongoing civil servant strike my id still was not ready.  The imigration officers would not budge. After beign sent form pillar to post my id is ready i will get it on friday and I will be on step closer to getting my passort and well on my way to Taiwan.

Welcome to my experince of preparing and going  to Taiwan as I will be sharing with you  the excitement and intrigue.