Year of the Rat

this year for chinese new year...as if I celebrate it regularly, Blaine and I took the bus down into London and met up with Annie and her friend Rachel in the midst of the Chinese new Years Parade from Trafalgur Square to Pcadilly circus...I think. Most of the roads were blocked off due to the amount of people there. Red lanterns hung across the roads and chinese drums beat loudly. every hour an exploding sound of fireworks could be heard.

here are some snaps.



Annie and Rachel swimming through the crowd.


We then made our way to Camden, a really cool part of London that is a mix of old decrepit buildings and new technology. The streets in Camden are also filled with some cool looking kids. The nihgt before, part of the Camden market had caught on fire and fire rescue squads were still putting out flames when we arrived. Part of the markets were shut down, but the other part was amazing. The small walkways and store almost on top of stores in a dim lite corridor almost underground reminded me of BladeRunner. Blaine and I then Ran very fast to catch our bus back.

Snap