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| Glamour bus |
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| Theatrical bus |
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| Makes sense |
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| Cute street ad | | |
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| Old Meets new |
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| and again.. |
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| Kuan Yin & Friend on mobile |
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| Scooters rule |
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| and again.. |
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| Me and friend! |
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| Most popular artist in the world store |
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| National Palace Museum |
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| And a flag |
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| Too sunny selfie |
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| Palace in background |
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| Carp frenzy | | |
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| View from Tapei 100 |
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| I live here |
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| and here... |
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| THIS is where I live! |
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| Looking up |
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| 101 impressive |
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| Museum of Fine Arts |
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| Yenting and friend |
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| Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall |
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| Another angle |
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| Taxi and building |
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| Hair shaves China style |
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| MTR on and on an on... |
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| Cars |
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| more cars.. |
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| Street market - Fruit + |
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| Street market Near 101 |
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| lanterns |
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| Gaming Taiwan style |
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| Balloon shoot out |
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| Dangerous |
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| Eliza on the look out |
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| Food |
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| BBQ and why not with a blow torch? |
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| Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Park |
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| National Theatre & Concert Hall |
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| Arch |
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| Chiang Kai-shek |
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| Looking up |
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| He never moves |
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| Close up |
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| Typhoon warning |
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| Model of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Park |
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| Taipei Main Station |
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| Street market |
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| Characters |
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Food
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| More food.. |
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| Underground MTR |
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| Ximen Square |
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| Another view |
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| Big Ads |
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| Architecture |
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| Pedestrian with sculpture |
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| The Red House, Ximending district |
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| Film poster, The Red House |
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| Memorabilia, The Red House |
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| More film posters |
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| Tea Shop |
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| Tien-Ho Temple |
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| Music venue |
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| Building detail |
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| Japanese Teahouse |
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| Japanese Influence |
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| Assembly Rooms |
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| Japanese architecture |
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| What it says.. |
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| Streetscape, Ximending |
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| Architecture |
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| Building design, Ximending |
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| A sleeping priest |
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| Zhongshan Hall |
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| Building with tree/s |
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| Cafe front |
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| Faces...and face.. |
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| Very old.. |
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| Bicycles - en masse |
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| Down an alley, Shilin district |
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| Shilin doorways |
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| Botanical Gardens |
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| Lotus love |
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| National Museum of History |
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| Garden at Museum |
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| Theater |
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| Inside National Museum |
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| Entryway |
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| roof detail |
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| Botanical gardens |
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| National Museum complex |
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| Chiang Kai-shek Gardens |
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| Yangmingshan Park, smoking sulphur |
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| Hot bubbling spring |
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| More smoking sulphur |
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| On top of the mountain |
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| Paved pathways |
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| Distant Taipei |
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| Post-summit |
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| A poem |
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| Peaceful.. |
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| Hot spring dipping - other side of the mountain - Yay! |
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| Helene at Shilin Night Market |
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| Hyangro & Helene picking badges |
| Yep, it's that BIG - a cake! |
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| Night market stuff |
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| Seriously fried |
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| Laneway after laneway... |
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| OK, They are BIG sausages |
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| Night markets - always busy |
There is always another night market in another district with superb inexpensive food and a great vibe...oh, and there is this famous
Iced Monster mango shaved ice place that is a tourist icon and
always has a queue.
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| For me the street food wins! |
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| Pancake with egg and fresh Thai basil, choice of sauces..YUM!! |
It's also one of those things that when you are travelling and moving about a new city, your eye catches upon shapes, angles, colours and combinations that you tend to 'miss' in your everyday environment.
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| Be it a lunch menu board |
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| or a busy traffic cross section.. |
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| A train track that seems to go on forever... |
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| The view down that track... |
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| Or a building's exterior that looks like lace... |
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| Glimpse through.... |
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| Wild roots... |
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| Old style Men's tailor - Dihua district |
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| Some of the best coffee shops and each with their own unique quirky style |
Visit to one of the oldest properties in Taipei the Lin An Tai House & Museum..it was grey day, with no one around..kind of spooky!
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| Courtyard |
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| Exterior |
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| House |
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| Tea house |
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| doorway step up |
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| House temple |
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| Always looking through doorways...arches... |
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| Ghosts in the frames... |
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| A presence... |
Continue to love the street life, buildings, alley ways... very Taipei!
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| Zhongzheng side street |
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| Zhongshan area |
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| One of so many local temples...fireplace smoking..Zhongshan |
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| Dinghao district |
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| Chang Kai Shek Park |
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| Neighbourhood |
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| Taipei from Elephant Mountain |
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| Helene - On way up the mountain |
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| Home of the famous dumpling |
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| Solo Karaoke - river side |
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| Entry way to the river |
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| Helene following google |
Visit to the Lin Family Mansion & Gardens
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| Sculptures & bikes, Ximen |
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| Helene does MRT |
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| Fishing for prawns |
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| 50's cafe in Ximen |
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| Michelle in Ximen |
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| Ximen at night |
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| Concert hall |
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| Treasure Hill - Art |
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| Botanical Gardens |
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| Tea house - Botanical Gardens |
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| Lotus garden - Botanical gardens |
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Architecture always surprises, from the old to very new, to the downright quirky.
A reflection of different colonial influences, times, and eras.
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| Always the sense of contrast..from the old... |
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| To the new... |
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| Side by side.... |
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| re-vamped warehouses |
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| Factory buildings - now Songshan Cultural Park |
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| as the new dome rises.... |
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| Songshan windows |
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| Taipei Main station MRT |
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| A quiet place of sanctuary in the heart of the city |
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| Taipei Main Station |
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| Politics + truck |
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| Maokong Tea House |
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| Taipei view |
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| The Chiang Kai-Shek entry gates at night |
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