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The second of three random Down Town East Side (DTES) homeless camps.
This one in Oppenheimer Park is less portable than some. Many if not most of the camps in the DTES are inhabited by drug users, many with mental challenges.
Amazingly, the majority of the homeless who die were in contact with the healthcare system within the year prior to dying from an overdose. When they sought help, the system let them down.
Over 870 BC addicts succumbed to an overdose in all 2016. In the first eight months of 2018 more than 972 died, down from 1058 in the same period in 2017 - unbelievable.
Most victims are regular or chronic drug users, men, single, divorced or separated. Not all died on the street, many die overdosing alone at home.
Too much money is spent on harm reduction including dispensing naloxone the so-called overdose antidote) with little effect. A down side is the billions of dollar cost to the Canadian economy.
The current thought is funds need to be targeted to long-term treatment and recovery and less on crisis response.
Vancouver's approach to housing its low-income residents has a role to play in creating epidemic conditions. The large network of DTES low income housing was originally developed for seasonal workers, and over time became homes for the urban poor and the deinstitutionalized mentally ill population that’s created a situation ripe for the illicit drug trade to flourish.
And, year after year, politicians keep adding to the supply of housing for customers with no cash exacerbating the problem.
Some data courtesy of Vancouver Sun 02 Oct Daphine Bramham column on the Coroner’s analysis of overdose deaths.
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Just a short walk from home in Pittville, Cheltenham.
This is almost monochrome - always a nice result.
On the streets of Tlaxcala.
The capilla on the right side of the church is ornate.
La Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption was first known as the Temple of San Francisco de Asis, however, when the diocese began it was decided to name it cathedral by the name of Our Lady of the Assumption. Built in the sixteenth century between 1530 and 1536 by Diego Muñoz Camargo, the church has a single nave with wooden roof gabled, and deck beams adorned by a magnificent wooden coffered Mudejar style, very well preserved and in fact one of the last of its kind remaining in the Americas.
A place to sit, reflect and take in the most incredible sunrises. This was shot at the place we rented on Beaver Island.
Our second stop of interest on our visit to Kaoshiung was a quick photo op at the National Stadium.
The National Stadium, formerly called the “World Games Stadium” holds 55,000 spectators and cost $150 million to build.
The stadium held the record for largest solar-powered stadium in the world with it’s 14,155m2 roof when it opened in 2009. It can generate 1.14 gigawatt hours of electricity per year.
The stadium was constructed from the design of Japanese architect Toyo Ito. The stadium’s roof is covered by 8,844 solar panels.
The stadium is used mainly for football matches and it hosted main events for the 2009 World Games.
The 2009 World Games, the eighth edition, were an international multi-sport event held 16-26 July 2009. The games featured sports not contested in the Olympic Games.
6,000 athletes, officials, coaches, referees and others from 101 countries participated in the Games, setting a record high for the multi-sport competition.
A visit to the gathering rooms in Teatro Colón feels like one has intruded in a royal palace. Old world opulence is on full display.
Where the hell is the royal butler with my drink ?
This area is one end of the Golden Hall.
The story of the Teatro Colón dates back to Argentina's independence. There were many different ideas about the future of the new nation, but one voice carried a little louder. That was the voice of Bernardino Rivadavia, who would become Argentina's president in 1826.
Rivadavia insisted on making Argentina a truly European-style nation, thus showing that Argentina had a right to participate in a world dominated by European empires.
Amongst the very-European things to be brought to Argentina was opera which was regarded as the pinnacle of refined tastes in Europe.
In 1857, a new opera house was opened in Buenos Aires named the Teatro Colón (named after Italian explorer Christopher Columbus).
The original Teatro Colón was the first iron frame structure in the nation and a clear symbol of where Argentina believed it fit amongst world powers. For thirty years, this was the centerpiece of elite culture in Buenos Aires.
Eventually, it was apparent the Teatro Colón was simply not up to European standards. So, Buenos Aires set about planning to create a new Teatro Colón.
This one would be built to the most detailed specifications for French and Italian opera houses. It was financed by selling the boxes to wealthy families at a cost of 60,000 pesos each.
The cornerstone was laid in 1889. The city planned to open the theater on October 12 of 1892, the 400th anniversary of Columbus' arrival in the Americas.
Unfortunately, construction did not go quite as planned. The new Teatro Colón was designed by Italian-born architect Francesco Tamburini, who had built many of Argentina's best and most modern European-style structures.
Tamburini was a national hero, but unfortunately he died in 1891. His pupil, Vittorio Meano, took over the project. Then, the contractor in charge of the project went bankrupt, and Meano was murdered by his wife's lover.
With the planned completion date of 1892 passed, Belgian-born architect Julio Dormal took over around 1904.
Dormal had the non-enviable task of completing a project started by one architect and revised by a second to accommodate changing tastes. Italian styles were all the rage in the late 1880s.
Finally, in 1908 the new Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires opened its doors with a stunning performance of Aida
Parroquia del Sagrario Metropolitano Templo de Capuchinas (Temple and Ex-Convent of the Capuchins).
Construction of the Baroque-style complex began in 1680 and was completed in 1737.
It belonged to the Clarisas Capuchinas sisters and was used to house the Indian maidens daughters of caciques and the Capuchin nuns.
A fire consumed the main altar and only 3 baroque altarpieces remain. Over time it has undergone numerous renovations. In 1908 the part that functioned as a convent was demolished.
The most important thing about the temple is its colorful interior that contrasts with its sober exterior.
Inside are gilded boards with themes of the passion of Christ and the Holy Family.
Today only three of the six original boards remain.
Bow Bridge crosses a narrow point in "The Lake".
From Central Park website:
The first cast-iron bridge in the Park (and the second oldest in America), the bridge was built between 1859 and 1862. Bow Bridge is named for its graceful shape, reminiscent of the bow of an archer or violinist.
This handsomely designed bridge spans the Lake, linking Cherry Hill with the woodland of the Ramble. When the Park was first planned, the commissioners requested a suspension bridge. The designers compromised with this refined, low-lying bridge.
Today, Bow Bridge is one of New York's most romantic settings and a muse for photographers. Rising from the bridge are eight cast-iron urns, installed by Central Park Conservancy in 2008 as replicas of the originals that had disappeared by the early 1920s.
A skilled team of Conservancy craftsmen used historic images and took cues from an urn thought to be an exact model of those that originally adorned the Bridge.
Web are on a train trip and this renfe one will take us from Badajoz to Mérida for a day trip.
Mérida is capital of the Extremadura region and is known as the "mini Rome of Spain" due to its extensive and well-preserved Roman ruins.
Founded in 25 BC as Augusta Emerita, it was once the capital of the Roman province of Lusitania.
The city's historic center, with its numerous Roman sites, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1993.
We checked into our Heidelberg hotel, Hollander Hof City Partner on the bank of the Neckar river at the Old Bridge. The hotel has a nice lobby and large rooms.
Palau de la Música Catalana concert auditorium view from the upper floor noting the skylight, organ pipes and huge stage.
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The palau ceiling of blue-and-gold stained glass and a shimmering 1000kg skylight that looks like a giant, crystalline, downward-thrusting nipple.
The palau was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO 04 December, 1997.
OK, Brașov is done like dinner. A quick namesake coffee and we are returning to Bucharest by train and then taking a bus to Fetesti near the Danube River Delta to board Avalon Waterways Passion river cruiser.
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The tuk-tuk ride to Angkor Wat is over. We are about to enter the east gate - Gate of Taku.
Mr. Meng offers a hammock on his tuk-tuk. I wonder what kind of a ride that would be.
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