01/04/2006: "APRIL FOOLS DAY"

Dansui is a seaside holiday town that reminds me of Manly, Sydney combined with the Royal Easter Show - as per the crowds and fun things to see. The difference being the crowds are every weekend.

I can understand why Taiwanese in Australia find everything a bit boring. There is so much more to see here.

Take today for example. What looked like a young female celebrity being pursued by a pack of paparazzi, turned out to be a photographic model followed by a dozen guys who had each forked out $22 (NT$500) to take pictures of her for a few hours.

Someone with a web site thought-up the idea. By now today’s pictures will be posted there.

It’s a booming business. With digital cameras ‘film’ costs nothing. But what to photograph and where to put the pictures was the big question – until this opportunity happened.

Wa-Wa (translates to Doll) was enjoying the attention. I’m sure someone will give her some nice pictures of herself.

I followed the team around for a few minutes. It was good fun.

See more shots taken by the guys at: www.pbase.com/pcc0905/wa_wa

01/04/2006: "APRIL FOOLS DAY"

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