The story of my lost baggage from Taiwan to Cebu

It was my second trip to Taiwan in December 2016. I just love Taiwan and the flights to this country were very cheap from AirAsia and Cebu Pacific. So I took advantage of going there without a visa. My first trip to Taiwan happened in November 2016. Yes, I was so lucky to return after a month. I was on a budget trip. For many years of travel, I learned how to travel without being expensive.

So here goes the story of my lost baggage. Inside my bag are my laptop and chocolates for souvenirs.

A Taiwanese friend met me at Taoyuan Airport and he said that we were on the same flight to Cebu. He is living in Cebu until now. Previously, we met on a party boat hosted by a hostel in Cebu.

I had so many bags with me. I put my luggage upstairs. The crew told me to put my laptop bag under my seat.

My Taiwanese friend was originally seating away from me. Since the middle seat in my row is empty, he decided to seat beside me. There was a Taiwanese girl on the window seat. I was seated on the aisle so that I can easily go to the toilet area.

We were having a fun conversation. He decided to talk to the Taiwanese girl. They were talking in Mandarin. Then we gave her tips on how to enjoy Cebu.

We arrived in Cebu safely. My friend and I took a MyBus to SM City Cebu and we parted ways from there.

When I arrived home, I realized I lost my laptop bag. I was in a panic. I tried to recall where I left it.

Going home to my hometown was not easy as it took me another 3 hours to go home. I was very tired inside the multicab so I was in a panic that maybe I left it in the small cab and somebody took it. I was in horror.

A backstory of my lost baggage

To that cute AirAsia Cebu male crew wearing eyeglasses who I approached to help me assist in finding my lost backpack, thank you very much.

Backstory: the previous female crew wearing a red uniform denied that they don't have my backpack even though I showed my reference number. I went to the lost and found department of the airport but they don't have it as well.

I called the AirAsia hotline and gave me full details again that my lost baggage was indeed at the AirAsia check-in area. The agent suggested I should insist AirAsia crew for helping me.

I was HANGRY (hungry + angry). This was supposed to be a smooth transaction. So I bought Shawarma rice and Large Thirsty Buko Mango Shake because I was freaking HANGRY.

So I went back inside the check-in area of the airport. I saw an old woman who was struggling to put her things in the X-Ray area before passing the security so I helped her. Another staff at the airport helped as well and another male crew got a wheelchair for the old woman.

After several minutes when I approached the cute male crew with his spectacles on, another female crew wearing her black uniform got out of the door with my laptop backpack.

I found it, at last, still inside with a laptop, 50mm Nikon lens, chocolates, and other stuff.

Okay, that was my frustrating day at the airport turned out well.

I lost my laptop backpack on the day of my arrival on Dec 14, 2016, from Taipei to Cebu and found it after 4 days, Dec 18, 2016.

I am grateful to my clients as well for giving me time to search for my lost laptop.

Next time, I will blog about my Taiwan travel experiences. There's a lot actually so I don't know which one to blog as I have other travel memories as well. :D