eye opener
enjoying the feeling of having my backpack on again. have caught up with friends from ottawa and halifax and its been great laughing at high school memories.
i've always considered canada a very safe country. people openly shooting up and/or smoking crack in public was something i didn't think we had here (or at least very rare to be seen). i have seen so many used needles on the streets here. people cracked out walking/stumbling throughout the city. hundreds of homeless people. aside from manila, this is the first city where i've actually felt nervous walking around - and this was at 11am this morning. now i admit i am a little naive and the fact that i've spent the past 3 years living in a village of 5,000 where
j-walking is a serious offence has probably softened me HOWEVER i am very shocked at vancouver's obvious social problems. i am glad i have been awakened.
the trees here are amazing
posted by i'm a fara girl ('fara' means JOYOUS in Shona) @ 3:26 PM
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One of the most interesting things I saw while in Van two years ago was a beautiful flower sculpture. I was drawn to it. I was cruising around gastown, touring about. As I got closer to the flower I realized it had a function. The steam of the flower was a disposal for dirty needles. What an interesting concept! Make disposal easy and attractive. Standing outside the library in gastown you realize how important something like this is. Krazy to think a drug can be so addictive. And I thought LUST was bad.....
xoenjoy your travels! I am.
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