Can get cash from 7/11 ATM
[QUOTE=ChiDog73;2913008]I am visiting from another country and have finally gotten somewhat adjusted to the time. Therefore, this was the perfect time to try and visit Wanhua and from there checkout options on Linsen road. I had about 6 k NT on me but wanted to get another 9 k NT to make sure I had sufficient cash on me for doing multiple visits per day. As mentioned in other posts, currency exchange only seems to happen at banks and being a Saturday, they were all closed. I should have exchanged currency earlier in the week (Unprepared). One of the few options available this Saturday afternoon was the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Taipei currency exchange inside the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store. So off I headed. I arrive at the department store and find the currency exchange desk. First thing the lady tells me is I need the original passport and can't use the picture of my passport on my phone. FML (Unprepared). Going back to get my passport was out of the question because I'm staying in northern Taipei and takes me about 30-40 minutes by MRT. At least I had 6 k NT on me which would be plenty for Wanhua but I wasn't confident would be enough for Wanhua + Linsen road. Sadly, I had to nix visiting Linsen road this evening and hope I have time in the coming days.
Second order of business was to get some blue pills and condoms. I found a pharmacy near the department store and got the blue pills from the staff of female employees with a store full of people picking up their medications...[/QUOTE]Those of you that need cash, you can go to any 7/11 and they have an ATM to withdraw cash.
I use my American Express Card and can withdraw 20,000 NT or maybe more. American Express does charge 5% fee, but it's not too bad considering you don't have to go to a bank.
Short wanhua report followed by open-ended discussion:
SHORT WANHUA REPORT FOLLOWED BY OPEN-ENDED DISCUSSION:
I found Cinderella in the Xichang Market. Haven't seen her in almost a month. What can I say, boys, you know, "REUNION SEX!
Like two pigs in heat.
The young Thai girl's (the one that left Taiwan) energy still trapped inside of me, burst out into Cinderella. She had to hold on for dear life. Like a savage untamed yeti pouncing unsuspectedly on a young captured maiden.
Mid thirties is she, holding the reins of her full feminine potential. A powerful age, far more meaningful and appreciative than my runaway 20's Thai who was a mini fling.
New topic:
Apparently there is a whole lot more going on here on this pleasant little island than is disseminated. Information is impossible to come by, except by word of mouth. Every little crack exposing coveted secrets seems to be neatly caulked and almost nothing gets online. A bit frustrating.
So, what my cryptic preamble is insinuating for our purposes, is that there surely are many smaller "red light districts" that are just not commonly known. I stumbled onto one while riding my bike around Zhongxiao Fuxing. There were only a few ladies.
I approached one with my limited Chinese. She was tall, young, thin, and quite shapely. I made up my mind to immediately go with her if she would have me. But, as I suspected, it being too good to be true, she hesitated. Undoubtedly fearful of a foreigner. Oddly, it was in a wide open area. I wouldn't have approached her if she didn't appear to have all the characteristics of a bonafide working girl. I was confident enough and did my due diligence of heavy surveillance for a long time so as not to embarrass myself and insult a civilian. Maybe even get myself smacked in the face.
After she showed reticence and hesitancy to budge, I considered it hopeless. But, I must say, she also did not look spooked by my advances. It is not a tourist area, nor a known strip, so I doubt she runs into foreigners regularly. I bowed respectfully, smiled with good grace and manners, walked away and went to Wanhua where "they" (the powers that be) prefer my type to gather in one place under close supervision, observation and surveillance.
Wish I could get ahold of the "Locals' True Mongers' Maps. " If only I had a drinking buddy who is a sergeant in the vice squad in the Taipei Main Police Bureau. No such luck. I don't even drink. But, I could start drinking again if it led to relevant information like opening their files to me.
I have come to realize if I stumbled upon a streetwalkers' block unwittingly, quite by accident, there must easily be dozens that the locals enjoy all for themselves all over this fine city. Taiwan runs a very tight ship.
I came to Taiwan back in the mid to latter 80's and there was sex on every corner, a monger's paradise in full blatant display, almost everywhere.
The authorities scrubbed most of this island pretty clean to make it what it is today in the world, a real gem, with its vices well hidden.
Don't get me wrong, I know that in the name of progress it had to be done, like most other countries, and I am grateful that they gave us a few well-known red lights. I am grateful, most certainly.
But, if any of you boys in the know feel not put out and generous enough, and don't feel that it would upset the balance of the universe, or at least Taiwan, I am a bit more than mildly interested, if you catch my drift, to know any nice private local enclaves where ladies dress well and walk leisurely looking for fine gentlemen to exchange friendships.
I really shouldn't be so greedy. I do have far more than I can both handle and afford. But, curiosity gets the best of me sometimes. And, we all know what curiosity did to that poor cat!