Today I dropped by Chinatown, which is at the southern tip of Manhattan island. It wasn’t what I was expecting.

It’s very much like Petaling Street in KL. Overcrowded with people, lots of shops and stalls selling cheap goods. There were pirated DVDs and fake LV/Gucci bags for sale. Was looking around for a grocery store and some restaurants. Only found one of each in between the roads I weaved in and out of. It’s quite a large area so I probably missed a few things. Ended up with McDonalds for lunch (I know, it’s sad!). It’s roughly priced about the same as in Australia and the meal size isn’t too far off either.

Little Italy is just next door and there are many more restaurants down on this end.

Today was kind of warm. It was summery and humid, not very conducive for walking so after an hour and the half, I just decided to head back to my apartment. Heh, it’s just like how working people are, not too keen to move their lazy asses during the weekends so that they can recover from work.

Not feeling terrible expressive today, so I’ll just leave with a few photos of what I saw today.

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Cheap clothing, cheap watches, cheap everything for sale here.

Typical traffic situation in NYC.

Little Italy

Just like in Melbourne, there is outdoor dining.