MIssing Taipei...
Long time no updates so here's one...
Suddenly I miss Taipei.. the cold nights in the streets during their winter season, the feeling of hot food in your hands as you walk along the night markets and soak in the sights and scenes of this city that's both culturally diversed and yet, retaining a certain unique favor that made me want to visit time and again.
Maybe it's just me but I do really enjoy Taipei compared to Hong Kong and in the strangest sense, a lot of people I asked said the opposite. They find Taipei a place too rowdy and too simple for their liking.. well, for me, I enjoyed Taiwan ever since my 1st visit as a cadet in training during OCS in year 2000 :)
I was not influenced by those variety shows you see like Jacky Wu's so it's really a pure like experience when I took my 1st leisure tour of Taipei.. I guess it's the feel of the place which I enjoy. The city sprawling with many nooks and corners, hiding shops that is almost impossible to find, the interesting mix in cultures from Chinese and Japanese, the beautifuul landscapes and the development of the city... it's just so appealing. I was telling a fellow friend of mine when we were in Hong Kong for a photographer's exchange that I seriously find more things to shoot in Taipei compared to Hong Kong.
Guess I made an avid fan of Taipei out of Ms Clover who also had initial dislikes of the island but after that, we made like 2 trips together and each one lasting longer and longer... hehehe... I really missed the winter period where the feeling of just stepping out into the very cool evening after a nice long soak in the bathhouse in BeiTou and hitting the streets for night market food is just so incredible...
Sigh...
Suddenly I miss Taipei.. the cold nights in the streets during their winter season, the feeling of hot food in your hands as you walk along the night markets and soak in the sights and scenes of this city that's both culturally diversed and yet, retaining a certain unique favor that made me want to visit time and again.
Maybe it's just me but I do really enjoy Taipei compared to Hong Kong and in the strangest sense, a lot of people I asked said the opposite. They find Taipei a place too rowdy and too simple for their liking.. well, for me, I enjoyed Taiwan ever since my 1st visit as a cadet in training during OCS in year 2000 :)
I was not influenced by those variety shows you see like Jacky Wu's so it's really a pure like experience when I took my 1st leisure tour of Taipei.. I guess it's the feel of the place which I enjoy. The city sprawling with many nooks and corners, hiding shops that is almost impossible to find, the interesting mix in cultures from Chinese and Japanese, the beautifuul landscapes and the development of the city... it's just so appealing. I was telling a fellow friend of mine when we were in Hong Kong for a photographer's exchange that I seriously find more things to shoot in Taipei compared to Hong Kong.
Guess I made an avid fan of Taipei out of Ms Clover who also had initial dislikes of the island but after that, we made like 2 trips together and each one lasting longer and longer... hehehe... I really missed the winter period where the feeling of just stepping out into the very cool evening after a nice long soak in the bathhouse in BeiTou and hitting the streets for night market food is just so incredible...
Sigh...
dun sign lay...:P
YOu told me how much you love taiwan before..I can recalled back how you said everything when i read this.
So make a trip there during your honeymoon lor or another pre-honeymoon also can... how about end of this year..it not too far away.. :P
Posted by
Anonymous |
6:19 PM
by the way..that sunset is nice!
Posted by
Anonymous |
6:20 PM
heheh... yeah. juz suddenly feeling nostalgic about taipei :) WIll definitely make time to go back there to njoy the culture and feel again. Yupz, I was blessed to get the orange sunset that day coz the rest of the days were gloomy and this was taken on the day of Stefanie Sun's Concert @ the Wharf in Dan Shui
Posted by
ShutterBug |
9:08 PM
thanks for sharing...must be very very memorable..
Posted by
Anonymous |
10:05 AM