綿羊仔 Scooter Motorbikes / 台灣台北士林夜市 Shilin Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140210.6D.30694.BW
Taiwan reminds me a little bit of Macau, with lots and lots of scooters. In Cantonese, we call scooters 綿羊仔, which literally means “small sheep,” as in they are not as powerful as the standard motorcycles, but rather small in stature.
These scooters run rampant on the narrow alleys of the Shilin Night Market (士林夜市), where merchants were seen using them to shuttle merchandises back and forth the busy street. While a van might seem to be more useful, the streets get so packed that it made sense to use these bikes as motor transports to navigate haphazardly among the crowds.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM. Processed in Lightroom 5.
# More Information
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilin_Night_Market
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooter_(motorcycle)
綿羊仔 Scooter Motorbikes / 台灣台北士林夜市 Shilin Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140210.6D.30694.BW
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綿羊仔 Scooter Motorbikes / 台灣台北士林夜市 Shilin Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140210.6D.30694.BW
Taiwan reminds me a little bit of Macau, with lots and lots of scooters. In Cantonese, we call scooters 綿羊仔, which literally means “small sheep,” as in they are not as powerful as the standard motorcycles, but rather small in stature.
These scooters run rampant on the narrow alleys of the Shilin Night Market (士林夜市), where merchants were seen using them to shuttle merchandises back and forth the busy street. While a van might seem to be more useful, the streets get so packed that it made sense to use these bikes as motor transports to navigate haphazardly among the crowds.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM. Processed in Lightroom 5.
# More Information
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilin_Night_Market
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooter_(motorcycle)
綿羊仔 Scooter Motorbikes / 台灣台北士林夜市 Shilin Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140210.6D.30694.BW
/ #台灣 #臺灣 #Taiwan #台北 #Taipei #SMLTravel #旅遊 #旅游 #Travel #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #黑白 #BW #SMLBW
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