Sex and squid...

Friday 30th August

Friday was my last day of adventuring around downtown as I had plans for the last few days before heading to Toronto.  I was hoping to do the Stanley Park cycle but tagging it was a wet overcast day,  so after a lazy start I headed out towards the east end of downtown towards BC palace and Science World.

I spent a few hours walking around science world,  although it is very much geared up as an educational thing for kids,  I still found it interesting.  The sex exhibit was a little strange... Well... No... Not strange,  it was actually incredibly informative but it was pretty detailed... Covering everything from how a baby is made to puberty,  masturbation, sexuality and pretty much everything else you can imagine.  Even to the point of having two life sized,  naked mannequins with sensors covering the body,  your task was to touch the areas you thought were most sensual... Hmmm... However.,  lots of parents were taking their kids around and it was really interesting to witness them learning about it at a relatively young age. Embracing the subject rather than treating it as some kind of taboo thing.

The evening really brightened up and Dan came to pick me up and we went for a drive. I know Dan from my BBC days,  he's now been living here for almost 3 years,  is married and has a 3 month old daughter. He drove me around the coast to some of the other beaches... Kitsalano, jerhico, and wreck beach.  The later being the nudist beach.  We sat there chatting and catching up on the last 3 years whilst watching the sun set. It really was a stunning view, all we needed were some cold beers and it would have been perfect.

Our next stop was to Richmond and the night markets. Throughout summer the night markets are a big draw for the locals and Richmond has a high population of Asians, so the night markets are pretty much of that nature,  Predominantly serving food. We started with some delicious bbq squid and some bubble tea... Working our way round we tried quite a few different dishes,  we should have stopped after the Malaysian curry and roti,  but no, we decided we needed more squid.... To say it was a large portion was an understatement... We both just looked at it and thought 'what have we done?'

On the drive back we made plans for Sunday. Dan is planning to take me out of downtown towards where he lives, maybe take his dog out around the lakes and also to meet his family.