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Dear god, please send us more customers  
   

Dear god, please send us more customers

This real pimp (eying me suspiciously) made his girls go to the temple next door to burn incense and do "by-by" and ask Buddha for more customers today. I'm totally serious.
Wanhua -Taipei's old, down-at-the-heels district

October 4th 2007
The Wanhua area of Taipei City has got to be one of the shadiest areas on the entire island. I was shouted at several times for taking photos, drunken taxi cab drivers were puking in front of their cars, and prostitutes were burning incense in front of temples asking the gods to please send more customers. ... read more
Asia » Taiwan » Taipei » LongShan Temple

Chinese/Taiwanese Flag In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using th... ... read more
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