A Photo A Day: #004

07/02/2013: Rows of chinese lanterns

There's a lot of old people in Chinatown. Some of them are homeless, some living in rental flats with somewhat dreadful conditions. There's a lot of tourists too, more tourists than old people in fact. The lanterns are for the tourists---not the old folks. You feel like you're trapped in a time warp. Maybe they are just waiting for them to go before tearing the odd studio apartments down. I'm passed the taking of old, homeless people phase---unless I have a statement to make and it's a particularly compelling image. Someday...