Walking through the park, someone taking pictures of dogs in a stroller.
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| From Several weekend walks |
Preparing to take wedding pictures - out on the street
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| From Several weekend walks |
This is a common thing in Taiwan with couples going to a wedding photo studio for a day long extravaganza at a time unrelated to their actual wedding. The studio provides costumes (the gown is likely not her real wedding dress) and settings both indoors and outdoors. The couple then gets a whole book of photos.
Heineken ads on a store front along the canal near our house
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| From Several weekend walks |
Digging work in the street - putting in some pipes
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| From Several weekend walks |
What is wrong with this picture? First the digger decides to block the entire street without warning to cars coming in either direction, though it is not a major thoroughfare. Second, look closely at the treads (or lack thereof) on the digger. It ended up doing as much damage to the street as repair work.
Statue in front of an apartment building
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| From Several weekend walks |
and the apartment building itself - I like the outside of this one
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| From Several weekend walks |
A new coffee shop (O'Hana) that claims to be Hawaiian coffee - below one of our favorite Thai restaurants (Grandma's Thai) on the second floor
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| From Several weekend walks |
Another building wrapped for renovation - this one has a Benetton on the first floor
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| From Several weekend walks |
And one of my favorite facades - this one is on Taichung Gong Rd (main artery) and one I run past in the morning
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| From Several weekend walks |
Another interesting facade - Hotel National after its renovation and removal of shrouding
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| From Several weekend walks |
3 comments:
Hi Dan,
Are you still in Taichung? Love your pics and I also like some of the landmarks you note, including the French Neoclassical condo building near Canal Area. Would love to hear your thoughts on great restaurants. I just moved to Taichung a few months ago from the US!
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"Second, look closely at the treads (or lack thereof) on the digger. It ended up doing as much damage to the street as repair work."
They should take it out of the driver's salary.
BTW, we had a wedding photographer try to work my little daughter into some shots as we passed by. A couple was doing their wedding photos on the pedestrian skywalk / skybridge down in the Taipei 101 district.
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