CHINATOWN - SAN FRAN

Chinatown in San Fran is supposed to be a very popular place to be. So one has to see it before leaving. The bus stops and we jump off racing like lunatics around Chinatown.

We enter random shops to buy anything and everything. Of course one thing I need is postcards. This is the place to go crazy buying postcards.

Shopping around Chinatown, It was time to stop avoiding the fact that I needed another suitcase. I thought I could get away with a suitcase and 2 hand carry bags but no it was time to give in. The search began for a new suitcase. Travelling from shop to shop to find the best price. The thing was I was only going to use it for a day. I didn't want to spend too much on it. The price I had in mind showed me a suitcase which had been sitting on the streets as a display for a while. It was disgustinly flithy so I decided to spend the money.

Trying to think about all of this its time for starbucks coffee. I grab a coffee under the name of "David". For thoses that don't know my coffee name is DAVID!!!
I buy a mini muffin to shut my stomach up only to see them come around in 5 minutes later offering free muffins.

Before leaving I decide to go to the toilet. I go to the cash register to ask for the toilet key when the guy reaches behind the counter and hands me over a bucket. I stare at him thinking what do you want me to do pee in it?

This is when I notice the guy on the edge of the bucket. For some reason people steal the toilet key so they have attached a bucket to it now to stop people stealing the toilet key.

I walk out of Starbucks to see this poor old man begging on the streets. I think he was blind so I decide to donate a few coins to him.

This is when we head to the San Fran Chinatown Gate which I think looks crooked.

After the gate we head back to shopping and of course to buy my suitcase. I pay an arm and a leg for it and its time to throw all the shopping in the suitcase before heading for some Asian food for dinner.

Entering a Chinese restaurant for dinner I'm excited. I order a Beef and tomato dish with rice and I think this was the healthiest dinner I had in America. God I miss home food.

Leaving the Chinese resturant I notice that the weather is freezing cold. We head to the main street to catch a cab. This is when we spend a good 20 minutes trying to hail down a cab. Meanwhile every part of my body has frozen to death.

Finally a cab stops and I throw myself in. A short trip later the cab dumps me outside the hotel. Its straight upstairs into the shower. I need HOT water splashed against me.

Back at the hotel its time for packing and this is when I notice that one of my suitcases is missing a lock. I freak out only to notice a note inside the suitcase saying that they had broken into the suitcase to do an inspection.

The next few hours is packing everything. Thank god I brought another suitcase.