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Jishan Street, Jiufen, Taiwan

On one of my first days in Taiwan, Sophia took us all to Jiufen for a hike in the mountains. Originally a mining town, it had gained new fame as a result of its being used by Hou Hsiao-Hsien as the setting for one of his films. It now seemed to have become a fairly major tourist attraction.

We hiked through the hills, then

We descended quickly towards the town, which was teeming with Chinese tourists. The narrow roads were packed with cars and buses inching their way down. We passed through cemeteries and then made our way to Jishan Street where we were swept along by the river of people. The street was lined with stalls selling all sorts of snacks, and we quickly made our way to an ice stand for tsua bing.

Our mouths and bodies cooled, we backtracked to find a recommended fish ball place and sat and ate them with deliciously well-cooked noodles. Our bodies sated, we pushed back into the crowds. Tini saw a boy holding a sliced fried potato wound on a stick and stopped to ask what it was. His father told her to try it, but the boy was reluctant to share. A few stores down we saw the stand and Tini bought her own. We stuffed our stomachs to overflowing.

The story of the entire day can be found here. This woman was tending another stall on the street.