After living in Taipei for nearly a year I feel as if it is time for a change of pace. I mainly keep to myself and seldom get together with friends or otherwise take advantage of all the wonders of such an international city. Most of my days are taken up by cycling around and solitary work in cafés. This I can do anyplace in Taiwan.
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When I arrived in Tainan on my bicycle trip around the island I immediately felt a strange kinship with the place. I thought to myself, now this is a place I could see myself living. In recent months I returned several times to suss out whether or not that initial impression held true or not. Having satisfied myself that this is the case today I went and placed a deposit down on a new place in Tainan not far from the train station.
I captured this photo on the way out of my new place. This little guy rests in front of an old concrete building immediately across from where I’ll be staying for the next few months. Tainan is a fascinating place and I am sure I will be writing more about it soon.
Themes
Regions
- Tainan City (台南市)
- Tainan (台南)
- Taiwan
Author
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.