If this photo were any more "Taipei," it might explode
How much Taipei life can you spot here? Here’s my list:
- Hello Kitty
- vertical signage
- heavy traffic
- relative calm despite heavy traffic
- blue trucks and buses
- as many taxis as there are regular cars
- scooters
- unhelmeted child (center of scooter bunch)
- man picking nose (scooter dad)
- 4 people on a scooter (scooter dad has 2 more passengers! [sorry if not zoomable])
- illegal rooftop additions
- fairly clean-looking streets
- Western holiday symbols
- barred-in window boxes
- an Easy Shop (horribly-named women’s underwear store) next door to a toy store
- construction (in the distance)
Did I miss anything? What’s missing from this photo? Did you notice there’s not a single 7-11 visible?
5 Days in Taipei 
haha! is the 7-11 behind you??
According to Google Street View, no! I can’t believe it. Not a 7-11 for at least 2 blocks in any direction! It’s the corner of Chang An & Chong Qing, by the way.