Today we stared in beautiful Valley of Gods, the land of spectacular red rock formations.
Yes! We made it! We had to start quite early to make it for the sunrise.
The team running through the Valley of Gods. Definitely one of the most beautiful and powerful places in the world.
Antara-Prabhat's burst of energy.
Peace to the world....
Thank you Desert Rose Inn for generously providing lovely accommodation for the womens team!
Suhashini running up the colourful valley.
Gautami running...
Every day we meet many nice people. Gautami with Lynn holding the torch.
Manoshri running.
Bashata running with a big smile.
Running on the open sun gets quite hot, but Manoshri is still smiling.
Mexican Hat
Our mascot "pink bunny" also made it to Mexican Hat!
Mahasatya and Antara-Prabhat meeting peace lovers on the road.
Sandro running towards the beautiful rock formations.
Sandro with the locals holding the torch.
Dennis running.
Lovely couple sharing the same message of peace.
Dennis running towards the gorgeous Monument Valley.
Magnificant and spectacular beauty
Meanwhile the rest of the team went to an early morning ceremony at Monument Valley High School. Some of us are pictured here with local resident Benny Whitehorse, who came with his super adorable children and extended family.
We quickly became one big happy family!
Everyone had fun running together or riding on someone's back.
Pictured here from the RIGHT: Cleal Bradford, who is a long time friend of the Peace Run and founder of the San Juan Foundation which initiates a wide range of programmes to support the local Navajo people. We are most grateful to Cleal for organising this event! Also pictured are Gene and Blanch Wilson, who provide orthodontic treatments to local people, Cleal's daughter Lisa Carr, also from the San Juan Foundation, who travelled 90 miles from Blanding with Cleal, and her German exchange student Greta Pfiz. We were greatly moved by the goodness and dedication of all present at our Monumemt Valley ceremony, thank you so much!
Boys team at the Monument Valley having too much of a good time after finishing their miles!
Girl's team enjoying the gorgeous scenery
More and more peaceful wishes from kindhearted passers by in Monument Valley.
We chanced upon a colourful charactered bunch of Austrian motorcyclists who had passed us earlier on their travels.
An Austrian peace pose?
Believe it or not Harita was pretty excited to find out that this man is actually a New Zealand tourist!
Pranlobha running.
Anna enjoying her final miles for the day,
Harita smiling.
Pranlobha sharing our motto "peace begins with me" with passers by.
We met a big group of French tourists who were delighted to hold the torch!
Friendly locals!
Homagni running
Arpan's final miles for the day
Sarvodaya enjoying the gorgeous surrounding
More peace wishes!
Suhasini finishing the day with the daily report and making sure she keeps the rest of the world in touch.
