Ely was so busy in Taipei that we only made one trip out of the city, to Jiufen. Which I have written about before:
http://mikeintaipei.blogspot.com/2012/02/trip-to-jiufen.html
http://mikeintaipei.blogspot.com/2012/02/jiufen-old-taiwan-stuff.html
http://mikeintaipei.blogspot.com/2012/02/jiufen-museum-of-clay-masks.html
Ely was excited about going to Jiufen because she learned that Jiufen was the model for the Japanese animated movie "Spirited Away".
The town was bustling maybe turning the time of Japanese occupation but after WWII the gold mining shutdown and there wasn't anything to replace. Until now where tourists go to see how it use to be.
The "old street" of JiuFen is always exiting with tourists and hawkers.
With exotic things to eat, like shark ball soup and seasnails.
Like everywhere in Taiwan, there are the temples.
And in Jiufen you can go to the old things museum and model the old fashion raincoat.
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Nice that Ely came to visit you. It was fun to see pictures of her and the places you visited. The street scenes are very interesting and the food looked pretty exotic. Mary
ReplyDeleteI love the movie, Spirited Away. I'm glad to see pictures of the town it was modeled after. Plus, Ely looks great in the raincoat and hat.
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