[pierre-laurent]

Chiufen village, Taiepi county.

Chiufen was once a gold mining center and was referred to as Little Shanghai for its prosperity and colorful night life. In 1890, someone struck gold near Chiufen. The poor village with only nine families soon attracted prospectors of 4,000 families. However, with the decline of gold mining activities, Chiufen fades. Situated in mountains and face the ocean, Chiufen is a village with magnificent view of natural beauty which attracts several movie directors to shoot here. The movie “The Sad City” won the first prize in Venice Film Festival and thus awakened people's memory of Chiufen. Now, there are many unique teahouses in Chiufen. These teahouses are best stops during visit to this mountain village. " (information from: http://www.taiwanbiztour.com/around__north_17.html )

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master kang's
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a charming café-restaurant where i had a lunch
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from a bookstore
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in one sentence: LUV THIS PLACE!:D

[JOVIMECARCH]

amazing!!!

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[Peichen]

Looks great and interesting (read: mysterious). However, it is a bit dirty and dilapidated. Fix it up and it will look great.

[pierre-laurent]

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[pierre-laurent]

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a japanese restaurant where i had a lunch

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[williamchung taiwan]

Great picture, but I really think Taipei needs to improve it maintence.

[Horizon in air]

Great picture, but I really think Taipei needs to improve it maintence.

Seconded x3, and NO MORE bathroom tiles.

[williamchung taiwan]

There are many projects just complete,and they do not have any bathroom tiles.

Taipei governemnt tries to encourage private company to build new projects.
But one problem is environmemtal office...

[mountsac]

Seconded x3, and NO MORE bathroom tiles.

seriously, and they need to start with the ones in taipei main station :yuck:

[Echang03]

WOW....that building in Banqiao looks MASSIVE. not the train station the other one.

[pierre-laurent]

the taipei county goverment hall? i find it cool actually..

[duabi]

The idea is from Tokyo's city hall.
Q版no Tokyo City Hall. lol

[duabi]

some photos of Banciao from Taipei County Hall in 2/28 last year:
http://pumamuq.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!B872EAF3838AD212!3888.entry
so it is a bit different now ...I guess.