left rup today. landed in vancouver and took the skytrain downtown. first time on the skytrain. was really neat. i marvelled at the effort, cooperation, and engineering that went not only into building the public transit system of the vancouver region, but the planning of where best to put what, to make the system as effective as possible.
anyways, got a sweet MEC backpack in which i'll be storing the material part of my life for the duration of this trip. jumped on a ferry to north van. lonsdale quay. nice spot. there was a street musician, had wild ginger hair, full beard. he reminded me of character you might see in a show about vikings. had an intense gaze while he rocked a rustic banjo. very talented, had me grooving.
met up with ma and pa. had dinner with a bunch of family that i hadn't seen in a while. met my uncle jimmy practically for the first time (other times i was too young to remember). was fun to watch the similarities between him and my dad, and the mannerisms they share. staying at aunty mary and uncle peter's lovely west van house for the night. tomorrow we leave the country.
