Whilst Seattle is the picture of a beautiful city, centred around many bays, great views and good food, we were really surprised at the number of homeless and mentally ill congregating right in the centre of town. Not just a couple here and there, but crowds of them, especially at the main bus station which was slightly disconcerting when waiting for public transport. Greg found it fascinating, and sad at once. This is clearly the consequence of having very limited public health & welfare to help care for the mentally ill.
Seattle History
Bear Bites…
We visited the Lan Su, Chinese Gardens which I highly recommend, although the tour is…well do it at your own risk. The tour guide was like everyones Chinese mother, extolling the unique virtues of the Chinese culture – at length. I’d had experienced this before, so slipped out of the tour to explore on my own. ; ) (Dont think mum will read to this part anyway!).
We headed out of Portland by plane to California, and onto the last part of our USA trip – CALIFORNIA!
Till next time!
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