I had the chance to visit Taiwan a few weeks before typhoon Soudelor.  My first outing was at the Ruifeng night market, one of the largest in Kaohsiung.   The market is a feast for the eyes and the palate, with dozens of exotic foods, colors and shapes.

What impressed me the most, though, were the simple games that young kids enjoyed playing.  No electronics, no LEDs: fishing plastic ducks and kicking glass marbles…games I had not seen in… well… 50 years!  There is something hopeful in seeing young kids enjoying simple things…

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Young Taiwanese stroll down the narrow alleys of the night market

Grilled foods of all sorts

Chestnuts roasting

Grilled cuttlefish ready to eat

Young adults seem to love spending time at the night market

Cooked just for you

with an extra dash of special sauce

simple and fun games for the kids

Feels like 50 years ago

Works of art…permanent or temporary

A fortune teller relies on his all-scient birds

Carved gourds just for you…