
North Gate – when Taipei was surrounded by a wall, and when the city was far smaller. Thousands of people passed through this tunnel gate – many with hopes of a better life ahead. For some this was not going to be the case, for others – fortunes were to be made.

There is little doubt that the local Taiwanese had a rough time when Japan surrendered in WW2 and the Chinese Nationalist KMT government arrived and installed martial law for the next 38 years. How many Australians understand what martial law is?
Today Taiwan is the first Chinese democracy. View below is overlooking Liberty Square from the CKS memorial.
(Picture looks like a postcard with retouching by an artist….. it’s not).


I find an art form in old brick walls like this one near Guting MRT, this week.
Australian’s would go crazy for a pile of historic bricks like these, and use them to build a modern dwelling. Old Taipei will see more demolishes like this one near Zhongshan MRT on Nanjing E. Road.