Year of the Monkey: Day 3

This morning, I slept in a little, but got up and packed up all of my things to go downstairs, check out, have them store my bags, then walk around Chinatown again. The guy at the front desk recommended that I get back to the front desk at 11 if I was going to Oakland, or maybe earlier, but that would mean only about 30 minutes in Chinatown. I accepted the advice, but did my own math, and set out for a last venture.

I walked further down Kearney to avoid the steep hill on California. Once going up a smaller hill, I was in the heart of Chinatown for the New Year's festival.

There were many lines for people to gamble. Shops had tents outside, and I bought some lion puppets. A green one and a black and red one. I also walked down the street with the small carnival rides, never realizing that such things could exist within such a dense city.

I then went back to Delicious Dim Sum for some breakfast and later got a sesame ball from another dim sum place. I ate my dim sum while viewing the Bay Bridge from the middle of Chinatown, then took a photo of Mark's Beauty Salon, which is Delicious Dim Sum's neighbor.

After purchasing a few more items, mainly because they were billed as "Clearance", I walked back down to my hotel and took their car to the airport, as it was about the same price as a cab. The photos taken below were taken to compare to photos of downtown Houston.

The flight home was uneventful, or at least there are no photos from the flight. I arrived home to see Bruno out and about, most likely because I left my Rifftrax and MST3k movies playing on my computer and he didn't feel so abandoned. The pet sitter also mentioned two sightings over the weekend, which was a first. He was still very happy to see me, and I prepared for work the next day.