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This weekend moved into a new place, I relocated from staying with friends in what amounts to an affluent/aspiring affluent/student neighbourhood to an area bordering on one of the very much less‐than‐affluent areas of the city I am currently in. This city also has the lowest average income and highest unemployment rate (so I am told) in Canada. I am finding this to be a huge culture shock. Staying with friends for a couple months, all I did was walk to school/work through this secluded/sheltered bubble, negating seeing the devastating impacts of the exploita…

Over the weekend – well it stretched out a bit longer – I went on my longest bike ride/cycle tour – and my first fully loaded. A friend was leaving family, hometown and all associated to ride across the country – I joined her for the first two days of the ride (330km) and then rode back (via a different route, 315km). It gave me some to think and dwell on a number of things – more of a personal nature than my usual random ramblings in the context of current events… I am certain these will permeate through the next few posts here as there are a lot of things I want to share, as well as topics I…

Whilst in BC, Canada many opportunities arose that have provided for experiences in some pretty nice places. For the last week or so a friend has let me crash at their place in East Vancouver (out near the drive) and a few days at a place they also arranged to share with another person (a split-time room) on the Sunshine Coast at Robert’s Creek. In themselves, both are very nice places to exist. The ‘Drive’ in east Van has some amazing food co-op’s, organic produce and multitude vegan and vegetarian cafés and/or restaurants. It is also nice to see a diversity of people around and the sense of …

My trip to Canada to date has comprised a number of journey’s – or journey’s within journey’s – and I have learnt a great deal from these. It might be more accurate to reflect that alongside learning per se, thoughts once had have re-surfaced and perspectives once grasped (however loosely) have again provided for a renewed contempt for many aspects of our so-called ‘modern’ society. I want to wholeheartedly thank those whom experiences with are where these resurfaced and renewed thoughts and perspectives arose. The first I met whilst attending a movement against war and occupation rally in dow…