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Sound Off! - Public View Restrooms

November 15, 2007 By: thenhbushman Category: Lifestyle, customs 9 Comments →

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Photos by MJ Klein

Don’t you just love the restrooms in Taiwan, with the saloon doors (if there are any doors at all), and the open windows? Welcome to the world of Taiwan’s Public View Restrooms!


This is the view from inside the Men’s restroom at the Hukou train station. At night the restroom is lit up with fluorescent lights, so you can see in as clearly as one sees out during the daytime.

But, this is far from the worst example of a restroom lacking in privacy. I’ll do my best to relate these experiences in a un-offensive way. (more…)

Ghost Month Activities

August 28, 2007 By: thenhbushman Category: Lifestyle, Taiwan, customs 5 Comments →

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Photos by MJ Klein

Well, it’s Ghost Month in the Chinese speaking world. I’m not going to explain it, I’m just going to show you what people do for it. Usually at this time of year people are in a very generous mood, and this year was no exception.

I started the evening off (Sunday, August 26) by going to one of the Thai places that I don’t ordinarily frequent. I was hoping to find throngs of happy people partying. But, the place was dead.

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