Travel Report Asia Part 6 EVA Air

So, we returned to Taoyuan International Airport. This time to check in at EVA Air for our flight to Hong Kong. Immigration documents were available at the check in counter. The staff was very friendly and efficient.
At the moment at Taoyuan renovation work is going on, but still the shops ranging from Louis Vuitton to Hugo Boss look all very beautiful and not at all as if they are only temporarily there.
We liked the numerous lanterns hanging from the ceiling and all were with different motives.
Another exhibition was drawings from school children regarding the Year of the Rabbit and also coinciding with 100 years of the founding of Taiwan. To commemorate this occasion all the winner's drawings were printed on t-shirts and available for sale. You can choose which your favorite is. It was difficult for us to decide. All were really good and colorful.
There was also a section dedicated to the Chinese Horoscope, Star Signs and Taiwanese Culture (Puppetry). If travelers liked, they could try themselves at calligraphy and Chinese writing.
There were some local restaurants, an Illy Cafe and Godiva Chocolate outlet.
Time was passing fast and it was time to board. Boarding wasn't very structured. Of course First and Business Class passengers could board first, but afterwards it should have been by seat row, but nobody kept to it.
Our seat was easily found. The cabin interior was green and the seats comfortable and a lot of leg room. The majority of passengers again were Asian. We did see some Americans and a few Europeans as well.
The flight was pleasant. In front of the seat were an In-flight magazine and the duty free catalogue. In flight entertainment including interactive maps was also available. Unlike Cathay Pacific, which offers it's customers in Economy Class a choice of meal, EVA Air doesn't - by the way the name isn't pronounced like the female name or some Portuguese/South American Airlines (TAP or TAM). All passengers received fish with rice. It was really good, so it didn't matter there wasn't any choice. It was the same meal on our return to Taipei, but to our surprise we received an upgrade to Premium Economy with a very large seat pitch. It was great!

More from us and Hong Kong later. Happy travels!

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