Toronto Tuesday 01.40

Floating islands of the Uros
This pre-Incan tribe lives inside lake the Titicaca, Peru, on islands made from the Totora reed. Sounds strange? Wait until you have stepped on these islands and walked on the wobbly surface. Careful, don\'t stand on the same spot for longer than 5 minutes, or else...
Peru: Photo Gallery | Peru: Travelogue

‘Toronto Tuesday‘ is a weekly photo feature about random stuff (landmarks, people, culture, seasons, etc.) in the city.

Halloween

Haloween, believed to have originated from the European Pagan festival of the dead, is celebrated every year on October 31, which happened to be a Saturday this year. Maybe that gave an extra punch to the celebrations because I saw people dressed up the previous night and even the previous weekend. The festive mood probably has to do with the fact that the seasons are changing and everyone simply wants an occasion to celebrate.

Here are some pictures (very few are taken by me) from the street parties, prominently in the Church-Wellesley neighborhood where the streets, closed for traffic, were overflowing with people.

Toronto Halloween Pool on Flickr

It was the first Halloween I celebrated, and the first time I got dressed up (note: put your shirt on before painting your face!)
Priyank and Chad on Halloween 2009
Chad (some freak) and me (butterfly). I had silly wings but they got ruined while cycling.