Local Tourist

Today I went back to ACNM to discuss in greater detail just how my semester would look if I take up this study. I found myself in East Perth rather earlier than I though. I have lived in Perth the vast majority of my life, and have always though I've known it very well, but today was strange. I found myself in a part of the city that was completely alien to me, I might as well have been in another city. Having done a fair amount of travelling, I was able to put my 'tourist' goggles on and see the place as if I were a traveller. I wandered around a bit, and was enjoying sitting in a park for a while, just letting my mind take me where it will. I delighted in watching the brown leaves from plain trees hop and skip about my feet, and also twirl and dance in mini whirl winds.
Then reality set in, I saw some very suspicious people across the other side of the park exchanging what looked like money for something in little bags. Their air of casualness was so intense it gave them away. Disheartened by this ruining my little fantasy, I looked down only to see a used needle, a condom packet and what looked like dried vomit on the paving.
How very disapointing