Charmless morning

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These photos were taken at 7am in Caotun, Nantou County, Taiwan. 7am is nice almost anywhere -soft morning air, birds, light traffic, stillness, morning dew, all that good stuff. Not so in many areas of Taiwan. I have wondered for a long time why it is that Taiwan's buildings are so hideously ugly, and I finally came to conclusion that when it came time to "designing and planning" these structures, whatever was deemed the fastest, easiest, cheapest way possible to throw them up, that's how it was done.

Fastest, easiest, cheapest.

Cha-bu-doah.

Enjoy.

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Photos

A Caotun business establishment
with an address on the main artery of town.

corrugated iron paradise
city planners let their imaginations run wild in Caotun

finished with lunch
there were a lot more than this one

saunas everywhere
but some of these corrugated iron and tarpaulin establishments are not much bigger than tool sheds. so maybe you're really getting into a bathtub with her here

pollution maker
...in her night market clothes, rolling through town with a loud, dirty motor

can't read Chinese
...don't know what's inside

everytown Taiwan
Every town in Taiwan -with the exception of Taipei- looks exactly the same. It's a unique phenomenon to this island. But, then again, it's not surprising given all Taiwanese builders follow (to this day) the same motto: fastest, easiest, cheapest

Comments

[Mill]

Nantou looks utterly horrendous. Taiwan is without doubt the ugliest place I have ever seen. I sincerely don't know how it could be worse. Noise, filth, pollution, betel nut, spitting... the list just goes on and on.

[Jaclyn]

sexy ladies
wow, I guess sex appeal sells everywhere...I'll buy anything those hot ladies in the ads are selling!