Women's Team

Among the most appreciated moments during the World Harmony Run are those when we can kick off our running shoes and get a nice and well-deserved night's sleep in the beautiful hotels. The last two nights' wonderful accommodation was graciously offered to us by the Future Inn of Halifax, for which we are very grateful.

Trying to fit the baggage of six women on a wobbly plastic-topped carrier was a real struggle at 7:00 am. We are definitely applying the message of harmony with the help of some of our men's team who relieved us of our superfluous luggage. We hope to see it at some point on the way. (The men's team was buried under 80 kgs of luggage most of the day - Editor)

Our chaotic morning delayed us for our first meeting, but Mayor Bill Mills of Truro welcomed us with a genuine soulful feeling. His speech came straight from the heart.

With no breakfast in our stomachs, but big smiles on our faces, we rushed to our next ceremony. We were already so late that we had to drive to the next town instead of running, which gave us a funny story. Sevati drove straight into the park to stage our entry. In the meantime, we could see a car circling the park. By the time we got the torch out of the van and got ready to make our "grande entree", Mayor Sandy Cyr and his colleague were right behind us, witnessing our strategy. On top of joining us in a short run, their enthusiasm carried them right into a round of the World Harmony Run song with us.

Mayor Joe Gannoe of Stellarton also joined us in a real sprint in front of City Hall.

This fellow held the torch but couldn't run too far.

Finally we got a quick brunch on our way to New Glasgow. Deputy Mayor Henderson Paris was waiting for us ready to run. No more lagging behind, as we now have a serious police escort and a serious runner.

In New Glasgow, we had a spontaneous radio interview with a first-day-on-the-job reporter. A brilliant duet of Sri Chinmoy's World Harmony Run theme song was recorded by Prapti and Adarini. They are now hoping for a big contract with a major record label. Maybe next year! Click here to Listen to the interview

The Deputy Mayor ran a good 5 km with the torch, at a speed that wore us down.

Due to his speed, and our RCMP escort, we made it on time for our last ceremony of the day in Pictou.

I thought I had finished writing for the day, but how can you not tell a story about Hector the ship? Docked in the beautiful community of Pictou, known as the birthplace of New Scotland, Mayor Joe Hawes invited us to visit this historic ship. It carried 187 Scottish immigrants to Canada back in 1773. The crew was very friendly and we took a lot of fun photos to end our run.

En route to Prince Edward Island on the mv Confederation Ferry, Captain David White invited us to visit the ship's bridge, and kindly treated us to dinner.

Men's Team

While waiting for the ferry to Prince Edward Island, Rathin makes lunch, and Eric eagerly awaits the results.

Eric's patience is rewarded with a delicious sandwich.

Gabriel enjoys the fresh air on the one- hour ride to Prince Edward Island.

Our first meeting for the day was at Stratford Town Hall with Deputy Mayor Stephen MacDonald and many of the town employees.

Some of the Stratford town employees came out to greet us.

One even ran with us.

Gabriel ran the torch from Stratford to Charlottetown.

Deputy Mayor Stu MacFadyen met us outside the beautiful City Hall of Charlottetown that was built in 1888. He very kindly took us on a quick tour of the magnificent building.

Gabriel high tails it out of town towards Cornwall.

Stu's (from Charlottetown) nephew Patrick MacFadyen is the Mayor of Cornwall, and he very kindly came out to meet us accompanied by the deputy mayor.

That's the Confederation Bridge behind Eric - it is 13 km long.

Councillor Bruce Campbell of Borden-Carleton came out and accompanied us for about 1.5 km. He later came to our hotel to drop off some much appreciated pins from his town.

Special thanks to Don, owner of the beautiful Mulberry Motel for hosting the whole team tonight. Much appreciated.

Some cute kids who wanted to know what was going on.

– Salil Wilson

Distance: 51 km

Team Members:
Prapti Jensen (Canada), Antana Locs (Canada), Sevati Bondanza (El Salvador), Adarini Inke (Switzerland), Elke Lindner (Germany), Tanuja (Czech Republic), Medur Wilson (Canada), Gabriel Pelletier (Canada), Eric Langlois (Canada), Rathin Boultin (Australia), Salil Wilson (Australia)

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