Rainbow Village, Taichung

A series of quick shots snapped in Taichung this afternoon when I had the cab driver take a slight detour when traveling back to my hotel...

Sorry about the shitty nature of the photos - poor light + iPhone + rushed as I had the cab driver waiting as there was no way that I'd be able to hail a cab from this place.

More Taipei

More Taipei randomness from some time spent out on the streets.

Some street doggies:

 (first time I've seen a Labrador retriever in Taiwan)

 Some Engrish:

 Angry onion:

 Hog:

Grocery store goodies:

 

 

 Seafood, Japanese-style oatmeal

Night Market treats:

Night market shirts with Engrish:

Actually

Vintage

Brilliant

Solutely

Superb

(actually French-ish)

1960 VW American

Minibus

Volkswagen

Germany's Volkswagen used its Czech

Subsidiary Skoda to start 

Full of dueaors

And full of Hopeb

I'm not even going to attempt this one.

Linsanity is on full display in the island nation.

A friend bought this for his son. Cost = NT$100 (about US $3.20)

Vintage Sneakers

Have I forgotten something?

new sneakers from my beloved

These Shoes Seen Everything

Here I Go Again On My Own, Going Down The Only Road I've

Only Road I've Ever Know, Like A Drifter I Was Born To Walk

Alone*

*the last three lines were poorly ripped from a horrible hit from the horrible band Whitesnake

Funnys Smiker on the subway

Homies For Life

(I've been called "Homie" or "Holmsey" by some for a large part of my life)

Dumpling man from the excellent Din Tai Fung dumpling restaurant.

Giant luumber ball (about 8' tall), in the Grand Hyatt Taipei lobby

One view of a grey Taipei from the rooftop garden of the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Hall:

And another:

Taipei 101:

Distracted cabbie (GPS, dash cam, dash TV):

Beware of aggressive blue crabs in this elevator:

This waitress' English name was "Doggy":

 Dolce & Garbana?

Year of the Dragon:

Taipei Street Walkin' - Xinsheng Park Area

During my recent trip to Taipei, Taiwan, I spent about forty five minutes of a nice spring morning walking around Taipei's Xinsheng Park Area with my silly little iPhone in hand. Here are some of the results...

more Taiwan pix to come...