Sunday, May 17, 2009

Few pictures

A few random pictures from the past couple of weeks. The weekend before last we visited the Pushin Ranch, located a few minutes drive from Zhongli. Lots of open spaces and a few farm animals.  














This weekend we were up in Taipei. I notice another British retailer is trying its arm in the Taiwan market. Tesco came a few years ago and eventually sold out to Carrefour, Marks & Spencer opened a couple of stores in Taipei but closed them a few years later. B&Q and Mothercare are still currently here and I noticed this Harrods store for the first time yesterday.


















I notice that even 'sloucher' (picture from last year) has lost out in this economic downturn, he's been replaced by a dummy, also dressed as a Redcoat. That's progress I guess. The houses still haven't sold obviously.

2 comments:

Ken said...

Where is the Harrods store? Or is it just a few little items?

Taiwaneil said...

The Harrods store is not too far from 101 and Eslite. It is located in one of those Japanese department stores - Mitsokoshi (or whatever the name is), Building A8. From memory either Basement 2 or 3. It is only a small concession just teddy bears and shortbread.