Snapshots Taiwan (2009) (24 items)

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Random pictures from my life in Taiwan. This is the 2009 collection. The 2008 edition is here.

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  • With only eight seconds left to cross the road, shouldn't the man be walking instead of what he seems to be doing? ([local:/blog/2009/07/19/take-your-time/ Blog post])
  • Eclipse over Taiwan
  • Eclipse over Taiwan
  • Eclipse over Taiwan
  • I sincerely hope this car was sponsored. Who would buy such a thing?
  • "The Private Tah Enn Nursing Home for Old Folks" :-)
  • These two girls were obsessing with their looks for the whole bus ride. Very entertaining. :-)
  • A little hard to read but the display reads "htpp://...". So close!
  • What an unlucky number plate! And I swear I've seen GAY-XXX as well.
  • This elderly person was walking less than 1 km/h but look at his shoes!
  • This elderly person was walking less than 1 km/h but look at his shoes!
  • In Taipei all bus drivers have a name tag with their Chinese and English names in the back. This English name is particularly interesting since the Chinese name of the Marlboro cigarettes is actually 萬寶路.
  • A shopping bag just for fried stuff. What a healthy life-style!
  • Feeding squirrels in Taipei's 大安森林公園 (Da an forest park).
  • I understand [local:/gallery/2009/06/19/marlboro Marlboro], but how this bus driver chose his name I'll never know!
  • The Taipei 101 building displaying a large "加油" to encourage people in light of the natural disaster that hit Taiwan in August 2009
  • The Taipei 101 building displaying a large "加油" to encourage people in light of the natural disaster that hit Taiwan in August 2009
  • The number one weapon in the war against H1N1: Alcohol en masse
  • The number two weapon in the war against H1N1: Instructions to use alcohol
  • The number three weapon in the war against H1N1: Alcohol, in pad form

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