A day at the expo
Passing over Daejeon’s iconic bridge…
…to disembark at Science Expo.
Every year in autumn it’s where big and small people can fly simulations…
Build cities by singing…
Meet the latest humanoids in person…
And be generally amazed.
The kiosk at crossroads
Sunday afternoon – the real start of the week.
From the mountain at the south
The most typical Korean countryside view? Tall hills stretching out endlessly, meeting the clouds.
Seoul squares
Convenience stores and coffee shops and tetris buildings. Someplace in the sprawling downtown.
At the other end of Yangmingshan
Through Yangmingshan mountain to Jinshan town by bus.
Fog, greenery, fog and the occasional blossoms.
At the small town, a temple of Manju.
And a street market and a coffee shop (with milk cream in the coffee and bakery-chain-level cakes).
And back, with flashes of places visited five years earlier.
Grey brick
Instances of early-20th century japanese architecture, Taipei downtown.
Taipei underground life
Taipei Main Station
It is said that Taipei is a city where everywhere is downtown. And it is true.
The main station is only a geographical epicenter through which energy flows, like everywhere else, but where it might take a momentary halt waiting for the train.
Taking Songshan in
Looking back to a previous spring, fragments in memory from arriving to Taipei. And waking to a calm Saturday morning in the area around Songshan Station.
That was a pleasant building, especially to a traveller looking for space to breath. However the architecture in the surrounding blocks varies.
All of it typical Taipei though.
The interior cannot be told from the facade; some of these flats will be renovated new-asian-all-pearly style and some will be basic and maybe with bug issues.
What doesn’t change throughout is the energy in all times of day and places, even empty streets. Or temple backyards getting ready for the day.
And impeccable alleys that become a maze of people, shouts, money and food a few hours later (aka Raohe night market).
