Slideshow: Vancouver Chinese New Year

With 2008's Chinese New Year celebration coming up (the Year of the Rat) in early February, here's a look at a Vancouver traveler's photos from the 2007 Chinatown Chinese New Year Parade.

(Photo by sillygwailo)

(Photo by SqueakyMarmot)

(Photo by kylemac)

Looks like a fun time! And if you have a chance to eat at one of the dim sum restaurants in Vancouver's Chinatown, even better. Dim sum is quite a different flavor-scape as compared to the typical American Chinese food restaurant.