I’ve had three days in Taipei. I’m feeling good about this city; it has positive vibe. Today I went for a walk along Dihau Street. It’s a fairly traditional area with a lot of shops selling things like tea and herbal medicine.
There are some vibrant, busy scenes. But even in amongst those you can catch people taking a rest from the hot afternoon sun. Check out the guy in the truck cab.
Taipei has public use city bikes, I saw a couple parked up outside a local temple where people stop to take a drink and pay their respects.
Plenty of colour and check out the pink co-ordinated daughters.
Here is a typical storefront you can see the dried fruit and medicines and other thigns in large bags and along the walls.
A great photo opportunity to catch a couple of people offering respects outside this temple, and a lady rubbing her noise to avoid a sneeze.
Taipai is hot, so a lot of sheltered walkways in front of buildings, and plenty of things to buy while walking.
Tiny lanterns; so cute
Dihau street is more reminiscent of Hong Kong than of China; at least from my memory.
I love looking into these shops
Gosh the colour of this ladies fresh fruit really had me wanting a drink of juice.
Last year I did some posts on Thailand motorbike life. I caught some interesting shots of families on bikes. Here is one from Taipei to add to the list. I can guess the daughter might be playing Pokemon go, it’s super popular here.
More Dihau street
Proof that my reflexes with the camera are not too slow, I caught this plane just as it was coming over.
I love to see classic bikes and love the gnarly tyres, so it was enjoyable to see some real nice bikes amongst the scoots.
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