Taipei Tourist Traps

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)

Unique Suggestions: Just ignore them and simply say "No"

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

Unique Suggestions: Try bargaining with them. It'll be good if you can get a rough estimate of the cost from some locals.

Fun Alternatives: If you do not want to get ripped of, either walk to take a bus.

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...

Unique Suggestions: 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...)

Fun Alternatives: 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.

YANG MING SHAN: Here we are at the fountain...we made the best of the situation...and took billions of different pictures here to make up for the fact that there really wasn't much to see...an artificially landscaped place...

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 .

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