Day from Hell - Today better be better!

It all started lovely - we woke up with a newspaper and coffee waiting at our door!We had a leisurely morning, got ready, ate in the pretty rose gardens by the Empress, and then caught the bus that went to the BC ferries and on to Vancouver. On the way we saw cute little harbour seals.

Got to the hotel and Satan's foul breath set upon us in the form of downtown, Vancouver! Our hotel is neck and neck with the Seattle one. That one made me think of shooting up and dying; grunge-style. This one is; well the tv works better..... the view is spectacular(not).
We started off with positive attitudes trying to find Gas Town. Well, we found: skid row, blood alley, ambush alley, cracktown, and or a place that could easily double for any number of zombie-eating people movies that the kids watch. It was truely discusting. We have all seen homeless and druggies and drunks. This was a whole new category of scarey shit! In the space of maybe 15 minutes; we saw a chick shooting up between her fingers in the middle of the street; some guy shit his pants in mid stride and another freak tok'in on a crack pipe while walking along the the kid's soccer park.

It was more than anything Sunita has ever seen and she has been all over the world. I think Holland should be respected more after seeing this spectacle. cops on every corner and still not feeling safe.
We finally got back to our hotel; and hope to try again today. Through public transit or cabs...
Toni's knees and my back can't handle it.
Sorry folks, no photos from the day. Will get happier today.