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Chinatown, London, England

If I lived in London, I’d make it a point to go down to Chinatown once a week just to try a new restaurant. There’s such a great variety of Thai, sushi, Chinese, Japanese and Korean cuisine. If the shops, restaurants, and people aren’t enough to make you feel like you were in a different part of the world, then the decorations sure are. The streets are adorned with genuine Chinese paper lights that dangle above your head and shine happily through the pounding of thousands of footsteps tramping beneath them.GTG Photo Op: Underneath the beautiful paper lights. Enough said.

It’s easy to get lost in the many tiny narrow side streets, but wherever you walk and no matter how “lost” you get, I guarantee you’ll always find a bus stop that will get you home, and in the meantime, you won’t be disappointed with what you find. More restaurants, more shops, more of everything really.

Chinatowns exist in more than one city, but what makes London’s unique is that there are constantly events (such as the Chinese New Year event) taking place that only certain big cities like London (or New York) can handle appropriately.

It is such a different kind of pace in cities such as London because so many locals simply walk instead of driving everywhere. Don’t get me wrong, there’s still traffic, but it’s more of a cluster of buses, taxis and probably the few tourists who rent cars and clog up the streets.

Walking through Chinatown and of course, down Piccadilly Circus, allows for a unique and fun experience that’s so the opposite of what I’m used to here in Phoenix. I liked how things were just close enough to walk to and in Chinatown, I actually loved how clustered and confusing the streets were. The newness sucked me in and eventually I felt more at one with London than what I’m so used to back home. Walking through London’s Chinatown streets is one trek I hope anyone who visits there has the chance to enjoy! Don’t be afraid to walk into restaurants, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by what you find.

Underground Stations: Leicester Square & Piccadilly Circus

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