Tainan, Taiwans oldest city.

Mit einem Nachmittagsbus von Alishan runter nach Chiayi und von dort noch eine kurze Zugfahrt bis nach Tainan, Taiwans älteste Stadt. In unserem Hotel wurden wir nicht nur von der Dame an der Rezeption, sondern auch vom hoteleigenen Hahn begrüßt, der dort Haustier und Maskottchen zugleich ist.

We took an afternoon bus from Alishan down to Chiayi and from there a short train ride to Taiwans oldest city Tainan. At our hotel we got a welcome not only from the woman at the reception, but also from a hotel owned rooster what´s the hotels pet and mascot.

A rooster on the leash, a living hotel mascot, Taiwan can be sometimes a bit strange.

Die folgenden zwei Tage streiften wir durch Anpings Altstadt inklusive Anping Treehouse, besuchten den Grand Matsu Temple, gönnten uns ein Abendessen und kosteten Eierwaffelkreationen in der Shennong Street, gustierten im Hayashi Departmentstore, aßen köstliche Seitanburger an einem Straßenstand, nahmen die 182 Art Space Gallery unter die Lupe und machten einen kleinen Ausflug mit dem Zug zum Ten Drum Rende Creative Village.

The following two days we strolled around at Amping´s streets and  Amping Tree House, visited the Grand Matsu Temple, had dinner and egg waffles at Shennong Street, looked at all the nice things at Hayashi Department Store, ate delicious seitan burgers at a street stall, had a closer look at the 182 Art Space gallery and made short a train ride to Ten Drum Rende Creative Village.

Random Cityscapes:

We got there by train.

Street capture

Capture from our hotel roof.

Amping old streets.

The temple next to our hotel.

On our way to Ten Drum Rende Creative Park.

At the outskirts of Tainan

Shennong Street at night:

Anping Matsu Temple:

The famous Anping Tree House:

Hayashi Department Store:

Impressions of Ten Drum Rende Creative City:

A former sugar refinery that now is home of the native percussion group Ten Drum, it´s a mix of sugar refinery museum, playground, workshop and drum performance theater.

Cameras: mostly Rolleiflex 3.5B (square pics), only one by Fuji GS 645S

Lenses: mostly Tessar 1:3.5/75mm, one by EBC Fujinon W 1:4/60mm

Film: Kodak Portra 400

Location: Tainan, Taiwan