I dry out and plunge into nearby Chinatown, a few blocks of fabulous, run-down colonial buildings cowering among the skyscrapers.

• 弄干衣服后，我闪进了附近的唐人街。为数不多的街区里，那些美轮美奂的殖民地建筑正在摩天大楼的夹缝中苟延残喘。