Chapter 1, part 1 - ChinaTown (Dixon Street & Co.)

It takes really a while to stop and talk about this amazing city. You can't believe how much I miss it and how many times a day I think about going back there again. Who knows...

Artist @ China Town

I'm closing my eyes right now, trying to remember when was the first time my feet were walking across ChinaTown. I'm quite sure it was to buy something very cheap :) Because if you need sheets, pillows, adaptator for your mobile, laptop and so on... there... is the place to be. I can't really bet on the quality, but for the first times, it's definitely where you can find all you need.


Okay, now I remember... actually my first steps there were on my very first day in Sydney with my friend Dima, who was so kind to walk me there to have lunch and to arrange the first things such as my bank account and my phone number. Oh... dear... I was so tired with the jetlag that I couldn't really understand where I was. I remember on that day I ate noodles served in a very strange soup inside the court of a shopping mall and I was asking myself "What the f**k I'm doing here?". I never replied to that answer, because that was not the point of my travelling so far and now that I'm writing about that I'm smiling and I guess this was the point :)

To have an idea this is the Paifang in ChinaTown - Sydney

It was in Dixon Street, a pedestrian street mall with many Chinese restaurants, and with a Paifang at each end. At the eastern end of Chinatown there is a sculpture made from a dead tree trunk, the Golden Water Mouth, created by the artist Lin Li in 1999 to bring good fortune to the Chinese community.

At the southern side of Chinatown, next to Hay Street, a large complex called Market City has been built. It contains the famous Paddy's Markets, a Wednesday-to-Sunday produce and flea market where you can really find all you need.

A lady working @ Paddy's Markets

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. - Chinese proverb