My Walk to Carrefour's: A View of Neili

I walk to Carrefour's, my local "Wal-Mart" to do the shopping I can not complete at the local market. The round-trip pictures will give you a good idea of my neighborhood, the small town of Neili, and all the traffic in the streets...and on the sidewalks! Sometimes the sidewalks suddenly end and you find yourself walking in the streets, around scooters and bicycles. I often believe the scooters are aiming directly at me when I walk facing the traffic! I always go early (9 AM when it opens) to avoid the crowds. The parking lot is still empty, but I had to dodge a car that came within a yard of me as the driver was aiming for the perfect parking spot. The center booths are still covered and will remain so until 10 AM when the mall officially opens. You will also notice that McDonald's and Starbucks are both open before Carrefours! I included pictures of my local train station, reached half-way to my Carrefour's destination. I'm going to miss that train! I am ever so grateful when the train safety bars come down and stop the traffic when the trains go through town. That means all traffic comes to a stop and I can run like hell to get to the other side of the street without the threat of being picked off by a scooter or a car or a truck or a bus. Pedestrians have absolutely no rights here, either on the sidewalks or crossing a street, even when the "green man" is showing. I will not miss being a pedestrian in Taiwan!