12 May 2023
2nd Coco rejection
Yizhong Street Night Market
Another 40,000 step day. Surprising. The dogs are mildly barking.
Tomorrow is definitely a rest day, because I am out of clean underpants. Well out. So it will be washing day, perhaps the only washing day of this trip. I already did surveillance on a few coin laundry options.
Enough about tomorrow being boring, lets talk about tonight being boring. My hotel is on Taiwan Boulevard, at one end is Taichung city hall, where I went last night, and at the other is Taichung slow train station, where I stayed last time I was here. Tonight I intended to go back down to the old slow train station and look at the old shops and try and find the hotel I stayed in from memory, but I got sidetracked on the way. I looked down a bright street and saw a night market, so off I went.
First up, by special request, the outside of my hotel. They should put an airliner on the roof.
First on my journey towards old Taichung, the Taichung 2nd market. Old and dilapidated. Near where I stayed last time, which is clearly the old centre of town with lots of old stuff. It is a morning market but there are other shops inside, some are quite nice despite external appearances.
This afternoons overpass shot, more to come in the future I am sure.
Now for an early night market shot. It is shots like this where I am glad to have a zoom lense, scene compression.
This is not Coco curry. It is omurice, but it came from a food court near Coco curry. Because once again I was turned away from Coco curry for being on my own. They hate me all across Taiwan. From Yilan to Taichung, the word is out, keep this guy out of our stores! Anyway, my omurice was ok, and cheaper than it would have been at Coco. I feel as though I must now try and get turned away from every branch I see, no matter the time or place.
Here is the Chungyo department store, and it is truly massive. I vaguely remember catching a bus from here last time I was here, and checking it out briefly. If you look closely there are 3 towers, and underground across 4 basement levels, it is all one giant area with about 50 places to eat.
And finally, now that it was dark, I went back through the Yizhong street night market, which was surprisingly not too busy, and then successfully caught a bus back to my hotel along Taiwan Boulevard. There is another much larger night market for tomorrow.