Danshui, Taipei County, Taiwan, Yesterday 2:00PM
The photos above is of duck egg yolks, being prepped to be used in cooking for the Mooncake festival which happens next week.
Hark, is that Mr. Softee out on the street on a warm humid evening? No.. it's the garbage truck.. playing it's little tune to let you know it's in town and passing by, everybody here knows the tune and it reminds them to get the garbage out.
The humid wet weather here makes all the buildings stained and dirty looking with mildew, mold and water staining, the city is aware of the problems and offers buliding owners financial incentives to clean up their exteriors and help make Taipei cleaner.
The MRT is Taipei's equivalent of the subways of NY, most of the system is above ground on elevated tracks and only about 15 or 20 years old, some new sections are under construction now, it's clean, easy to navigate, and the service is fairly good, I've never waited more than a few minutes for a train.
Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, KFC, and McDonalds are .. I'm sorry to say... all here.. most people you see on the street are fairly thin and healthy looking.. .. hopefully they will stay that way despite the fast food influx...
Scooters everywhere, they are cheap, easy to park, scoot through traffic, etc., you see entire families on them, but they stink up the air something awful with all their exhaust fumes and not exactly the best when it comes to crash protection.. saw my first scooter/car accident and expect to see more by the end of the trip.. the mass of scooters adds quite a sense of chaos to the traffic
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