Fan Tan Alley is a curious little street. At its narrowest, it's only 0.9 m (3 ft) wide and you can still see signs of the gambling dens that once existed there. Look for an old peephole in the wall to your right as you walk toward Fisgard Street; it was used to screen visitors in the days when the illegal games of mah jong, fan-tan and dominoes were in play day and night and the air inside was heavy with the smoke of opium pipes.The architecture along this 73-m (240-ft) alley is typical of Edwardian commercial buildings. There are eight contiguous brick buildings in all.
Home of the famous Mel Gibsons bird on a wire motorcycle chase......cool....awesome walk, took mal 40 mins being chased on a bike, took us 5...and i stopped to browse, really great hippy shops, Harrybear tried to tell me they were all closed, but the shop assistants made me feel welcome...very nice little atmosphere, and we found a great little chinese restaurant at the back...in china town...which was owned and run by about every other nationality except the chinese.....food was fantastic!!!!.its our little retreat...
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Susie says it is a good thing that her mother was not there because she would get stuck and Susie would have to leave her there.
pity that didn't work for you, eh, harry? sell mum to a china man
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