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Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival 2003
I woke up early (i.e. 8am) for the first time in months
to catch a few races of my friend Sue and her
UofT University College Dragon Boat team (the "Water
Dragons") as well as some snapshots of some pals in
the UofT engineering team (the "Iron Dragons"). It was
a nice change of pace and wandering around outdoors
was alright (it wasn't humid, just really hot). The
festival lasted for two days, but I just went down
for the second half.
The Usual Information
- Date: Sunday June 22, 2003 - 10 to 3pm
- Place: Centre Island, just off Lake Ontario
- Method of Travel: Car, streetcar, ferry
- Weather: Sunny, clear skies
- Temperature: 28C++
- Number of people attending: thousands
- Number of races completed: 29
Stuff I remember seeing?
- People: Lots. Many Chinese, not surprisingly.
- Geese, Ducks: Quack, quack, quack.
- Dragon Boats: Boats like dragons with ad planks.
- Ladies Washroom Lineup: Not just in comedies!
- Great team spirit: Teams all seem to have fun.
- Centre-ville Train: Choo-choo!
- Centre-ville Train costs money: Boo, booo.
DragonBoatFestival2K3 Photos
Larger images are available. Select pictures have
captions and yes, there are a lot of duplicates (snapshots from
the same/similar positions). Most of these pictures are oriented
towards the university teams (personal bias).
Additional Information:
Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival Website
