Trinidad & Tobago: July 2006

Sri Sri Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji

Below are some photos taken during a trip on July 11 to the Hanuman Murti on the occasion of the visit of Sri Sri Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji of India to Trinidad. This evening the crowd were treated to the singing of bhajans accompanied by violin, harmonium and tablas; when the devoted joined in together the result was quite sublime...

'de rasta man he do watch with interest

big and small hanuman statues

Swamiji himself presiding over the playing of the bhajans

bruce peninsula

after the wedding i headed up to the cottage with my sister, dad and mom. dad and i went for a quick hike along the peninsula and even managed to squeeze in a quick climb.

the inviting turquoise waters of georgian bay....

... are much colder than you might think.

chair tree(s)

warrior 1 in 1 of my favorite places

linda's wedding

gown detail

mom and dad watch over the signing of the register...

scott gets his cake and eats it too...

that's a realllll nice pitcher

back to owen sound

after the weekend in the adirondacks i spent three days moving almost everything i own into a 5' x 10' storage space - a satisfying feeling actually. after this was complete i drove to owen sound for my sister's wedding. on the way i took a detour to check out one of the local crags and drove some of the minor roads checking out the villages that i hadn't seen for many years.

old baldy rises from the beaver valley.

an example of the old architecture in the area

another example of the old architecture in the area.

my parents' backyard.

scrambling eagle slide on giant mountain

Day 2 in the 'dacks Leanne and I scrambled up eagle slide on Giant mountain, a fun 3rd class scramble on granite slab.

Leanne cranking one of the many crux pitches (easier than it looks, really!)

gotta love the view from the top.

a trip home

So i went home for a couple of weeks and the first thing i did upon arriving in montreal was to leave. my friend leanne and i headed down to the adirondacks for some climbing and scrambling and were joined by my friends erin and jaime.