
Two of our good friends, Deepmala and Disharini, welcomed us and offered us some colorful roses and delicious dark chocolates for our journey.

Most of the way we were able to run on well groomed trails which were created from old railway lines.

The trails offered us tremendous peace and beauty as we were able to stay away from the rush and noise of the traffic this morning.

At one point we had to take a short ferryboat ride with the car to cross a small river on the route.

The teachers and children were quite excited to have us as they set up the video equipment ot show one of our international Peace Run videos.

Over 100 children were enjoying and participating in our presentation which had to be translated from English to French, their primary language.

Vidura was our translator as he was able to engage the children with his enthusiasm. Evidently his French was very good also.

The children and teachers all had a chance to pass the torch and offer their own moments of peace and goodwill.

This young man seemed to understand the symbol of the torch as he was feeling peace and happiness in his heart.

Pascal was at the school earlier in the day where we presented our program and was so happy to see us running towards his home after school.

We offered him a Certificate of Appreciation for his enthusiasm and efforts to run quite a ways with the torch, inspiring the rest of his family as well.