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It’s been a while since I have been to Chinatown, due largely to the Covid-19 restrictions. Recently, there is some easing in the restrictions. We are allowed to dine out again. So, together with my friend, we were going to have a walk around Chinatown to see if anything has changed, and then later, find a place to have dinner.
Unfortunately, it was pissing rain when we arrived – and quite heavily too. I didn’t bring a brolly with me as I hadn’t expected it to rain. It was Murphy’s law at work. It rained heavier and longer when you don’t have an umbrella with you.
We wandered along the shop fronts taking pictures of what we found, or thought interesting. Eventually, we decided to find a place to sit down and have a drink while waiting for the rain to stop.
When we emerged from the shop after our drinks, the rain had stopped. It was early evening, and the lights were coming on. Not very good lighting for phone cameras.
Here are some photos from that visit to Chinatown.
This was what greeted me when I came out of the station. Wet, wet, wet.
Shops in Chinatown.
An apartment in the vicinity.
Looking up from the exit of the train station.
Looking down onto the train station’s entrance.
Views from the overhead bridge. Pasting time while waiting for the rain to stop, before deciding that it is not going to stop anytime soon.
The rain had stopped and the lights were coming on as we emerged after a drink. Our next stop? Dinner. But before that, we had a quick wander about the place while it is still light enough to take some pictures.
Quite a nice shot of the moon – considering it was taken with a phone camera on a grey, misty early evening.
Most of the shops that catered to the tourists were closed. Victims of the pandemic. The streets were very quiet. A pale shadow of the pre-pandemic days. The rain didn’t help, I am sure.
This restaurant was always very busy, and this was the busiest corner in Chinatown. But now, there was only a table of two here and there.
A nice, new and empty restaurant.
Things are not any much better along the main road. Most shops were closed, some for the day, some until the next tenant takes over.
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Very quiet street for a tourist trap
Tourist trap? I don't think so. A lot of Singaporeans spend their time and money there too. 😊
I wanted to go on Sunday but decided against it because of the rain.
Quite a fair bit of rain these last few days.
It is so awful to see so many businesses that didn't survive the pandemic. Great photos, though!
Very sad indeed. And the saddest part. We still do not know how long this will drag on. Let's hope that with the vaccination, we can all go back to sort of normalcy soon.
I hope the vaccine proves effective against the variants of Covid. We are all hopeful that things can begin to return to some degree of normalcy.