Vaisakhi Parade

On short notice, we went to see the Vaisakhi parade in Vancouver, near Main and 49th Avenue. It's a huge celebration for East Indians (sort of like Chinese New Year); they closed streets and had police to direct traffic. Richard really wanted to go check it out and eat all the yummy food. Unfortunately, it was so packed with people that we could hardly walk through. We couldn't even see the stands with food so we left early, to buy lunch elsewhere. Jasmine had lots of fun though, getting candy, balloons and running all over the place. We had to watch her closely and held her hand every step of the way...because if we lost her, we would have a terrible time finding her in the crowd. Here are a couple of pics during the day: