Almost-post-industrial architecture in Taiwan

The almost-post-industrial architecture of Taiwan. This shot taken in Hsinchuang, Taipei County.

Fun with outdoor electrical wiring

Boing Boing had a post on creative, ad hoc (can you say "poor urban planning?") electrical cables in Hanoi, Vietnam. One finds such wacky (and dangerous?) cabling all over Asia -- even Taipei County, Taiwan as these photos I took show.

Labor for sale graffiti

Throughout Taiwan (and China) graffiti that advertises ad hoc labor can be seen. Only mobile phone numbers are provided.

This photo was taken near Fu-jen Catholic University. Perhaps location-based services one day might service this labor market? A real Blade Runner-esque scenario with rough-and-ready laborers illegally finding dangerous work in the largely unregulated factories of Greater China (to manufacture for the world).

Traffic hell in Hsinchuang

Poor urban planning. Noise pollution. Crowded conditions. Too many scooters (very polluting). Taiwan.

Ugly Taiwanese elevator and front doof sticker ads

Middle-class Taiwanese often seem to have a deep lack of respect for "the commons." In middle-class apartment complexes, advertisers often paste annoying stickers in elevators (and on the walls and main entrance doors). It is one of the frustrations of living in Taiwan. I wish there were some way I could complain to the authorities about this.

View from a Taiwanese taxi

Typical scene from a Taiwanese taxi. Chaotic traffic outside the taxi; the driver playing annoying music and chattering away on his phone with colleagues or friends in the Taiwanese dialect of Chinese.