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This is the pic on my main Taipei page. All tourists seem to be drawn there and the suprised, disgusted and saddened when they do. YOu can watch many snakes being stuck on to spikes and skinned alive or see turtles with their shells removed being hung alive on hooks while others have their heads chopped so they deficate and their lifeless heads continue to flop around.
You can drink snake blood which is reported to increase your verility. Some local men will drink it and then head off to the local brothel.
As I walked through snake alley I was shocked. I was amazed a t the groups watching these animals tortured and killed. It is all about shock valuue. You will also find many sex shops and chinese doctors who specialize in gentital disgurement diseases...
Visit the temples nearby and have your fortune read. If you are going to watch the action then atleast take part and drink the blood or snake juice. ( I didn't but my friend did...)
If ou want to see a real night market they are all over taipei. The Shilin night market is one of the most popular and has some of the cheepest options. Leave a Comment
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In Taiwan, all money changers, banks charge a minimum service charge for money change.
The rate shown on the board will need to add on service charges for everytime of money changes. The rate can be vary from bank to bank, and the same bank might charge differently at different location, ie. airport or downtown.... the range from NT20 -NT100.
So, it is better to change in big amount rather then a small amount.
Change the sufficient amount at once..... don't think of the better rates in other banks and other days..... you will end up loss most money on the service charge.
The cheapest service charge is in the airport for NT20
ATMs, Credit card withdrawal is very easy and popular in Taiwan Leave a Comment
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If you think that going National Palace Museum in the early morning and you got more time to see it better..... you are WRONG!!!
As many tour group practice, National Palace Museum trip will be the first trip in the morning. If you are a single traveller, you will caught in the big group again and again in various exhibition halls.... it is too crowded, too noisy, too..... whatever you think of....
Just don't go National Palace Museum in the early morning if you have choice.
Go in the late morning, may be 10am and after... the tour groups had leave and you will have peace of mind to look at the collections in detail.
Well, it is still an advantage I can think of, out of all the disadvantages.
You can listern to the introduction by the tour guide without hiring any guide or rent a audio guide. I think this is the only advantage and you must be lucky enough to meet a tour guide speak your language. Leave a Comment
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Be careful of cab drivers who insist that you pay a flat fee. Quite often, they quote too high.
In Wulai, a driver wanted 300NT for a 1.6km trip. He kept insisting that the trip was more than 10km, until we pointed to a roadsign behind him. It says "Wulai top - 1.6km".
That left him speechless and we smiled as we slowly walked to our destination. :D
Try bargaining with them. It'll be good if you can get a rough estimate of the cost from some locals.
If you do not want to get ripped of, either walk to take a bus. Leave a Comment
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I went to hua xi jie night market expecting to see rows and rows of stalls selling snake related items but i was disappointed. There were about 3 or 4 miserable restaurant selling snake meat, snake gland wine and snake blood drink and some other eateries selling food. The only snake related performace you'll get to see is a restaurant which tries to show you how a snake dine as part of his sales technique to convince you to purchase the snake gland wines and etc. Visit this night market only if you are interested to eat snake meat. The guangzhou street night market which is adjacent to hua xi jie night market would be a better night market to shop and eat.
p/s: Photography of the restaurant selling snake meat is not allowed. I saw the sign only after taking the pictures. Please do not attempt to take a picture should the owner of the restauant forbid you to.
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 last night in Taipei's Hwa
Hsi Street by budapest8
NT$4.5 Billion a year
According to estimates by New Party City Councilor Lee Hsin (李新), there are roughly 500 Chinese prostitutes working in Taipei.
The group is estimated to earn NT$12.5 million in profits for the sex industry daily, with each woman seeing about five clients a day at NT$5,000 per session. That works out to about NT$4.5 billion per year.
Most Chinese prostitutes after their arrest are sent to a detention center in Hsinchu, which is officially the nation's only illegal-immigrant detention center for women. There are two other centers for men.
But in recent weeks, due to Ma's crackdown, the Hsinchu center has been packed, and some detainees have been sent to the nation's other two detention centers in Ilan and Matsu.
Before a woman is deported, prosecutors investigate whether she was involved in any other crime.
In the meantime, detainees must wait for the Chinese Red Cross Society to schedule ships between Matsu and Xiamen or Kinmen and Xiamen.
On average, Chinese immigrants are held for roughly four months before being sent home. Leave a Comment
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There are always a group of young people (may be different person from time to time) hanging around in Taipei Railway Station, approaching, trying to sell pen,pencil and some other stationeries.
According to them, they are try to sell these stuff for charity, and sometimes the story goes as they are doing job training that they need to finish all the products to get the job.
Well, I am not sure how true is the story, but it is just not my way to help people like this. (Latest news: The Taiwanese Police Department is warning public not to trust them)
Just ignore them and simply say "No" Leave a Comment
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 by kiely
It's sort of touching , how many of them can you recognize ?
Did you have a good day , my dearest friend ? I think , sometime we all need to relax like this , don't we ?
A friend .
Friend is someone who accompanies you get through the ups and downs and always supports you .
Friend is some sort of special and beautiful feeling which can't be described by words .
Friends is someone who's always on your side in front of the others .
Friend is someone who you share everything with ... no matter how little the thing is .
Friend is someone who gives you the shoulder to cry on when you want to cry .
Friend is someone who hold your hands all the time when you are frustrated .
Friend is someone who likes you and understands you . Leave a Comment
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 barber shops that have
never cut a lock of hair by budapest8
I mention this because while walking about the
snake market or Night Market in the wee hours of the night,
we (Mieke and I) were wandering down one end of the Snake Alley,
there were not so many people moving around this area,
we walked down one alleyway and standing outside a
funny sort of done up shack were girls dressed in white,
maybe 25 or 30 of them and a 'Madam' standing at the
back near the door. In 1987 not many backpackers
came to Taipei and we knew of only 2 youth hostels
in the city. We were a couple of young Westerners holding hands.
The girls were fascinated by Mieke having blondish hair
and fair skinned and they had probably never seen a white
European female close up. Some of the girls touched her hands and
1 her face. Jokingly she asked if I wanted to 'pop in', I thought
the situation bizzare, so we both smiled at the girls and
passed on down the alley, realising this was the brothel
area, we turned back into the Chinese medicine alley.
It was a really surealistic evening already without
the addition of the brothels of the girls who might
have been forced into that sad existance and all
dressed like nuns on a day off.
Common sense
use your imagination or rent a video. Leave a Comment
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 End of an era by budapest8
Prostitution Status: Prostitution is legal and regulated.
Brothels and prostitutes have to be licensed.
The licensing of new brothels has been stopped in 1974
and licenses cannot be transfered; the government hopes
to phase out legal brothels (and also legalized prostitution
as a whole, since only brothel owners can apply for licenses
for prostitutes). Taipei has removed all brothel licenses as
of Sept 6, 1997 and is trying to close down illegal brothels, but fails.
Licensed brothels in Taipei could be found near one end of Snake Alley
in the district Wanhua when they still existed.
These cater mostly to working class Taiwanese and prices paid are below US $20 Leave a Comment
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