back to india

back in india and for some reason images are not getting uploaded.... been trying
had a lovely time in new jersey with freinds zoher nilu and their 2 kids alwa and zain... drove to philadelphia to pick up parag nd then the next day we were at a par where there was a midsummer night dream festival... face painitng mock fights with knghts nd the play ... plus we went boting....great fun....
next dayto new york south ferry staten idsland ferry pased statue of liberty had cartoon done wll street timesquare and a ovely dinner at a roadstall where there were 50 peopple in line all the time...had to wait half hour to get to the front for chicken nd rice i think mid easter style very nice
then the next day back to mumbai
where there was an exclipse to welcome me back to india, and the biggest high tide of over 16 ft... water coming into our versova compound....
and now chiling and making sense of the entire experience
thank you all for a wonderful trip... it was lovely meeting up with freinds all over

toronto with jay

SO am in toronto.....my freind raja found mein facebook and we met after almost 35 years....... Raja and me on the ontario lakeside... the lake is huge and all you can see is water...but still no waves.... this is lake country with huge fresh water lakes

doves on the seafront

at the garden shop... a huge gong

tapan jay and me cheers..........it is so wonderful being together after sooooooo long..... we joke and have tapan tell us a stooory... as he used to for ashi and sasha when they were young... i tell him he should record them and make a kids book of them.... we talk of amrik, madhu shantu our trip to photograph the eclipse.............till as usual the madness takes over...barbequed chicken a dip in the pool after midnight

serious now

a mobile fireplace.... wanto make one for karjat

tapan with jays daughter rijal..named after a star

tapan trying to push me into the pool

tapan singing

atika and mein the hot jacuzi at 1 oclock at night

doing titli after the pool

tapan and jay shaking a leg

rijal dancing...... she and her freind sophy said it wa night they would not forget

jay danced all night

atika andme in front of niagra

waering raincoats as we take of on the maid of the mist boat ride

rijel and sophie on the boat

the falls check out the rainbow.........the falls are unbeleivable..... to see so much water tumbling down...... how come the lakes never get empty?

me in the spray

thee are two falls with an island in between

rijel screaming under the strength of the spray as we near the waterfall...everyone was screaming and laughing like crazy

there is a rainbow above me i think

the bridge to the usa...... niagra falls from the US into canada,,,,,,,,, this is the bridge connecting the two countries

this is how close the boats get to the falls

queen charlottes to toronto

kayoko in the box at back of truck to drop suzie and me to ferry...they have a pickup so only 2 of us could sit up in front with doug driving .... she was behind

This was the big trip

from queen charlootes skidgate by overnight ferry to port rupert

then catch a train with suzie to prince george

spend the night

next morning train to jasper s

ee a baby bear night

at jasper had local beer made from mountain water

then 6.30 am bus to toronto 58 hours by bus 2 days 2 nights 10 hours to be picked up by jay and finally whiskey by his pool a fire going attica(wife) made delicious chicken curry rija (daughter) tall and so or any more trees or rivers or lakes

a native boat

a totem pole in the making at the museum

in front of the canoe

an oar in the museum

suzie kayo and doug having a drink before we take the ferry... i ofcourse had one or two more and was refused entry into the ferry so went back home with doug and kayo and took the boat the next day

kayo and me when i left the next day in front of the ferry

the via train from prince rupert to prince george

view on the way

the train first came only in 1914..before that you could only come by canoe or by horse... a train station from that time

the view along the way

there is black bear baby on the tree

On the way to jasper

more view

old town jasper

the mountain at jasper

suzie and i say gud bye before i catch bus at 630 am in jasper

haida gwaii....... the native canadian experience

kayo driving the big truck at very high speeds to take us to haida ... canadian first nation..to old Massett and to North Beach....

a totem pole along the way,,,, made from one big trunck all the way to the top

another one

another one

entrance to a gift shop which has haida arts

kayo suzie and me in Masset having won ton soup

the trail to Tonis guest house... she has 4 huts to rent//// no electricity , no running water, and cold... how she does it alone who knows....

the walk to Toni's huts

Tony and Kayo at the entrance of Tonys house

a squirel eating a spruce cone

the path at North beach to Tow Hill,,, in haida legend this one of two brother mountains... one went away in a huff and never came back.... so this hill stands alone in the bay

its wet and mossy all over

the river flowing into the bay at North Beach

fresh hemlock growth

wood orchids growing on rotting wood trunks

drift wood and roots near the bay

kayo dancing in the house... much drinking and partying on our last nite

doug with his international harem.... from japan canada china us india..... video below of the drive and kayo and mira dancing