And we continue to
delve into the arcade culture of Taiwan. On Friday night we went with Nareesa to get some Thai Food and Charmy at the Shilin Night Market and afterwards we went to the nearby City Jungle arcade building that Kris had told us about to go bowling. This was the nicest bowling alley I've ever been to! Located in the basement of City Jungle, under a few floors full of arcade games, the bowling alley looks more than a nightclub than one of the dingy, dying bowling alleys we see at home. The lights were dimmed, there were leather sofas embellished with faux-diamonds to relax on and a computer automatically calculated your score.
The walls were lined with big screen TVs showing music videos. Here's Katy Perry mocking my bowling skills in the shot above.
It was big ball (American style?) bowling at this alley, which Mel and I had only played once before. We usually play with small balls at home (that's what she said). As you can see in the scores above, it took me FIVE rounds to get past 3 points!! Those are some heavy balls (WHAT SHE SAID).
After bowling we played our favorite basketball game and a few rounds of darts which was pretty fun... I like the dart boards that automatically keep your score. The one thing we didn't try, and will have to come back to do this week, is the coin-operated mechanical bull!! Loving the arcades here!
And we continue to delve into the arcade culture of Taiwan. On Friday night we went with Nareesa to get some Thai Food and Charmy at the Shilin Night Market and afterwards we went to the nearby City Jungle arcade building that Kris had told us about to go bowling. This was the nicest bowling alley I've ever been to! Located in the basement of City Jungle, under a few floors full of arcade games, the bowling alley looks more than a nightclub than one of the dingy, dying bowling alleys we see at home. The lights were dimmed, there were leather sofas embellished with faux-diamonds to relax on and a computer automatically calculated your score.
The walls were lined with big screen TVs showing music videos. Here's Katy Perry mocking my bowling skills in the shot above.
It was big ball (American style?) bowling at this alley, which Mel and I had only played once before. We usually play with small balls at home (that's what she said). As you can see in the scores above, it took me FIVE rounds to get past 3 points!! Those are some heavy balls (WHAT SHE SAID).
After bowling we played our favorite basketball game and a few rounds of darts which was pretty fun... I like the dart boards that automatically keep your score. The one thing we didn't try, and will have to come back to do this week, is the coin-operated mechanical bull!! Loving the arcades here!
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