Cats Everywhere! - HouTong Cat Village

Happy Canada Day! 

Yeah I am not doing anything Canada Day celebration related today. Instead, I am looking at pictures of cats! (how random) These cat photos were taken three years ago, I thought I'd re-share them since it's quite an interesting subject. 

Situated at Rueifang (瑞芳) District of Taiwan, Houtong (猴硐) used to be the largest coal-mining site until the 1970s. The coal-mining industry fell into decline in the late 1980s as a result of other popular efficient resources available. The residents of Houtong began to move away from this dying mountainous village in search of other possibilities until things took a change in 2009. A group of cat lovers decided to organize a series of photography event dedicated to improve the living environments of these neighbourhood cats. The photos of these cats went viral, which attracted more cats and photography enthusiasts to come and see the site themselves. Houtong then became known as "the cat village", which is interesting because the name "Houtong (猴硐)" literally means "monkey cave"in Chinese!

How to get there:
Take the train from Taipei Railway Station to Houtong Station on the Yilan line.

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Taipei at night

Unlike many other places, Taipei is a vibrant city at night. Our "Night Market" (夜市） culture in Taiwan is one of its kind that very few other places in the world has. If you don't know what a night market is, it consists of lots of people, games, cheap buys, and very importantly - cheap good foods. Sometimes I wonder how Taiwanese girls manage to keep their shape with all these temptations around.

Also have a look at my last post about Jiufen!

Lanterns & Rainy Days - Jiufen

After so many years of living abroad, my home is still my beloved Taiwan, and nothing can replace it. I finally had the chance to go home in the past few weeks for Chinese New Year. It's been a while since I last went home and here are some photos I took at Jiufen (九份), a scenic village up in the mountains of North Coast Taiwan.



And that's my daddy :)
More Taiwan pictures to come later!

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