Xi Men Ding
(...a small example of the sign chaos I was talking about in my last post)
Xi Men Ding - a youth entertainment pedestrian neighbourhood. Here our friend Asm brought us to see some alternative youth culture down a punk fashion alleyway. This area is chockful of all kinds of youth fashion, street food, karaoke parlours, bubble tea and an entire block of mini movie theatres. This is a view from above on a weekday afternoon so doesn't give you a true idea of just how packed and popular this place is. On a weekend, this entire corner is a sea of bodies. Once we came here when there happened to be a free open air rock concert just up the street from this intersection. Another day, there was a line of high school kids raising money for a school trip by collecting receipts (the Taiwanese govt started a receipt lottery to encourage storeowners to file their taxes. Every time you buy something in Taiwan, you can use your receipt as a lottery ticket. You check your numbers once a month in the local newspaper. Charity boxes for donating receipts have become commonplace).
posted by Pamplemousse @ 10:55 PM
2 Comments:
Pam it is great to hear from you. It looks like you two are having fun, and I am very jealous. I will look to your observations of east/west idiosyncrasies to get me through the days. I've already had your blog save me twice! Hope all is well.
Elliott
That's a good idea about the receipts. Smart thinking for the Taiwanese Government! Now if only India would get more proactive...
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