2020-01-11 Airsoft at Action Bunker, Raohe Markets - Taipei, Taiwan

Bang!

Airsoft is very popular in Taiwan. We went to Action Bunker where I finally got to try out some Airsoft pvp. It was quite painful, but great fun!

Perth will hopefully soon legalise the sport, so I thought to try it out.

Preparing to get tactical.

This is a Glock styled gas blowback pistol manufactured by WE Tactical. It was much heavier than I expected.

The staging area between rounds.

Ready to get wrecked by all the pros with superior gear. It also looks like I was at a kids birthday party thanks to the huge poster in the back.

I hated the downtime though, it was 5 minutes of pure action, and 15 minutes between rounds. I wish there was a respawn mechanic or something. It was also pretty expensive, at 45USD, though this was actually for four hours, but I cut my visit short and left after an hour.

If I actually stayed for 4 hours it be better value for money.

Dance

As last time, I went Lindy Hopping! Not much to say here, it was at the Huaxin 1914 culture centre, and I got to meet and dance with the locals.

It was really empty as it was Taiwan Election Day today and everyone was out celebrating or drinking their sorrows instead of attending swing dance socials like they should.

Raohe

We revisited the Raohe Night Market (we went last time we were here). We were on a very tight schedule, only an hour before the last train. We basically blasted through and ate everything that looked good.

The winner of the night was definitely the pepper buns. And yes that means we ate dinner around midnight. The cylindrical oven has breads stuck on the walls.

They come out so crispy and crunchy.

Steph really liked them too!

Crumbed and deep fried century eggs. You can't really see this one clearly, but I assure you the egg is in there.

Fried quail eggs that are put on a stick for you.

You apply the sauce on yourself.

Mozzarella and chips. Pretty boring, but at least it tastes like home I guess.

Shaved peanut.

The train was completely empty, an occurrence rare enough even the locals were taking photos.

When we took the train back and got off, it was around 12:30am. The Ximending market at this time, however, was in full force, with people EVERYWHERE eating food. It's a non-stop food fest here in Taiwan! How? What happens when they have to go to work tomorrow?