Philadelphia and Chinatown #5

Next stop on the Chinatown bus tour was Philadelphia, where we went to visit Farrel, my traveling companion of 6 months in the trip up through Africa.

Farrel was on his way from living in Washington to living in New York when a new film making project in Philadelphia grabbed him ... we watched parts of the films and went drinking in the gaybourhood around the corner from where he lives (in a cute three-story flat, one room per story, nicknamed a holy trinity).

Philly made a really good impression ... there was art there everywhere, but especially in the form of huge murals on the sides of buildings. These are some of them that we saw as we walked around ... and we deepened our understanding of American history, too, Philly is good for that. And had some of the best noodles ever in the Chinatown there, in a restaurant where the chef stretches them from dough just before cooking them.