Vancouver showed us a good side when we arrived. The taxi was much cheaper than we were told, the green parks and sidewalk plantings gave the city an outdoor and groomed look.
Unfortunately there seems to be a lot of young people begging, others wandering around looking like tramps and talking to themselves!
Three good things:
1. Cool temps encouraged me in our dim and non-luxurious hotel room to turn what I thought was the heater on. After John mentioning that he was getting cold, he informed me I had turned the air conditioner on. But this mediocre hotel is right on English Bay, Vancouver.
2. Managed to find some tea bags in a city that seems to drink only coffee.
3. No free Margarita's any more! - thats a good thing!
welcome to Canada! sorry you have to see what we like to think as the bad side of a prosperous country (street people). but i hope the beautiful surrounding will offset that. can't wait to meet up with you tomorrow or sunday (more probably sunday, we'll give you time to rest).
@summerfield Thanks Vikki! The street people are probably everywhere in the world in the big city. There are also a lot (in this area) of shuffling old people talking to themselves and weirdo's! But then there are more normal people!
@seattlite I expect they can't get a job and choose this lifestyle to survive. They could always hop on a bus and go to a place where they can get any job!
Beautiful photo of your arrival. Glad the taxi was not too expensive. Oops on the A/C but that is figured out fast. You would be using the A/C here. It is hot, Summer weather here all the sudden. Nice to find some tea and guess you had enough Margarita's. So do you fly home from Vancouver? FAV
May 29th, 2016
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