I had just walked out of the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Taichung, trying to find my way back to my hotel, when I noticed these three friends stopped at a phone booth.
Looking at them as I passed by, I felt transported back to my teenage years. The payphone. The best friends leaning in to listen. A Sunday afternoon out. Girls up to something.
It made my heart smile and I had to capture it.
The more I travel and discover new cultures, the more I notice the common elements that betray our humanity.
Travel writer, Photographer, Guidebook author and Blogger Lily Girma has lived and studied in Africa, Europe and the Americas. In 2008, she left behind a prestigious law career to follow her passion. Her work has been published in various outlets, including CNN Travel, BBC Travel and New York Times Magazine, and her photography commissioned by tourism boards. Her first edition of "MOON BELIZE" travel guidebook is due for publication this Fall 2013 (10th edition, Moon Handbooks by Avalon Travel/Perseus Books). Lily's work reflects a deep love for culture and adventure in all its forms.
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We are more alike than we are different. Great picture.
Ah! The almost extinct payphone. Good thing you have it for posterity. LOL.
Thanks, Jenna!
Diana, I miss those old things but I’m glad we don’t have to use payphones anymore!
That was a great day!!