[special] [004] 這就是洛杉磯市

63 路公車是唯一有路經我們飯店前的公車,
它從非常遙遠的地方一路開到 LA 市中心。

坐在公車裡,我和 Heather 是唯二的亞洲人。
公車上大部分為黑人和拉丁裔人,連白人我也好像沒看到;
車內廣告定睛一瞧,竟然找不到英文,而全是西班牙文的,
這裡到底是哪裡我都有點糊塗了,我是到了美國還是墨西哥?

到了終點站 downtown 我們便下車;
四周都是高聳的高樓大廈,而公車站前方便有擁擠的人潮。
前往一看,原來我們正巧碰上當地的周三市集,
有許多攤販聚集在圖書館前的人行道上販賣東西,
我們也樂得走走逛逛 :)

市集的告示
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Downtown LA
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稍微逛完市集,我們便進了洛杉磯圖書館,
館內滿新也滿漂亮的。
有個特色是裡頭的電梯,四周的牆壁都是透明的壓克力,
夾滿了以前用的借書卡,是頗具巧思的設計呢 :)

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走呀走的,
當我們回過神來,LA 市中心已經被我們走完了!
徒步橫跨市中心大約不出四、五十分鐘,實在是出乎意料的小。

我們接著徒步往回走,
進入舊市區。

舊市區一景 (Heather 拍攝)
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我們在一個路口被熱狗攤的香氣吸引,
簡陋的流動小販只有一個鐵板和瓦斯爐,
上頭煎烤的熱狗、培根和洋蔥的味道十分有魅力,
當下就買了一分來吃 :)

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舊市區內分了很多區域,
有像是珠寶區、倉庫區、小日本區…等等。
其中倉庫區似乎是當地較亂的區域,
在這裡我們兩個亞洲人格外顯眼,
滿街幾乎全是黑人。
道路比市中心髒亂,遊民非常多;
除了乞討的人之外,
還有疑似精神異常的人對我們叫囂。
到這一區的話要稍微注意一下囉。

回到飯店以後吃了份老外炒的中國炒飯便就寢,
就這樣度過在美國的第一個夜晚…



[to be continued]

[我想要換一個敘事方式了...]

Comments

Anonymous said…
haha so nice and descriptive!! feels like i'm just walking down the streets of LA too~ :)
this is making me really look forward to my own vacation soon :D
keep the stories + photos coming!!!
Anonymous said…
woo so nice!

One question though.. that picture of downtown LA, it looks a bit weird! How come it looks like it's just a thin piece of wall for the building! lol
Chord Chung said…
patty
when is ur vacation ar?
u have destination decided already?

u know after coming back, i miss the vacation even more...

這算是逃避現實嗎?XD

sam
OMG u r too observative!!
thats the reason i took the pic:)
the building is really special, its a quite sharp triangle form and the edge is really thin. guess ppl who perform bad would get their little cubic in this tiny corner of the building :P
Anonymous said…
i'll be going to edmonton, calgary, banff and lake louise from june 18~25!! :)
yeah i'm REALLY looking forward to it, but at the same time not wanting it to start coz i know when i come back i'll really miss it and there won't be anything to look forward to anymore...:(
Chord Chung said…
patty
that sounds gonna be a fun trip!
rocky mountain is really pretty oh...u can ask our Grace 小n :)
i totally understand ur ironic feeling...orz
Anonymous said…
CHORD! 我看了你的解釋我還是不太懂.. @@

然後,今天在看forum時突然came across the same building!!!

我終於了解了 XD

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