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New York City :

Cataract Canyon :

Cataract Canyon

Nick's Cataract Canyon photos :

Nick's Cataract Canyon photos

Guatemala :

Singapore :

Budapest :

Salt Lake City :

Busan, Korea : Busan, South Korea. A place I never imagined I'd visit. I arrived on November 5th , after 14 hours in the air, and I will be here until the President's participation in the APEC Summit is complete. For security reasons I can't post too many pictures or give many details about the venues, but I hope to be able to get some good shots that capture the essence of the kind Korean people and their unique culture.

Duck Beach 2006 :

Duck Beach 2006

Kiawah Island, South Carolina :

Kiawah Island, South Carolina

Costa Rica : A few pictures from my trip to Costa Rica, May 1st through the 14th, 2005. I was with my dad for the first week, and a friend from Washington DC, Angela, for the second week.

Lexington, Kentucky :

Lexington, Kentucky

Water Polo :

Utah - Februrary 2006 :

Utah - Februrary 2006

Pacific Grove Triathalon : September 10th, 2005. Went down to beautiful Monteray, CA to get some shots of my friends Jason and Adrian who were racing in the Pacific Grove Triathalon. The morning was cloudy but as the clouds broke the sun came through and it was so awesome. The guys both did great....

Pacific Grove Triathalon

Mavericks Big Wave Competition 2006 : Found out at midnight last night, Feb 6th, that the Big Wave Competition was ON. Hurried up to Kate's to grab my camera, slept for a few hours, and headed out early in the morning to join the masses in watching one of the most well-respected big-wave competitions in the world. Sadly, the break was too far off-shore for me to get pics of the surfers, but I think these shots give a general vibe of the scene. I watched guy after guy get just hammered by the up to 40 foot waves - but most of them rode them out... Amazing. Grant "Twiggy" Baker was my favorite - turns out he won the $30,000 cash prize for first place. It was his first competition, and he'd only made it into the competition because of an online poll! 70 degrees, an estimated 50,000 spectators... the "Super Bowl of Surfing". Unreal.

Mavericks Big Wave Competition 2006

2006 Cruise : Norwegian Dream Cruise, January 28th - February 4th, 2006.

Cozumel, Mexico
Roatan, Honduras
Belize City, Belize

Mexico :

Surfing :

Ice Air :

Rising Star Outreach - India : "The dying, the cripple, the mental, the unwanted, the
unloved-- they are Jesus in disguise." Mother Theresa

The mission of RISING STAR OUTREACH is to rescue as many of the cast off children and adults in India as is humanly possible.

HERE'S HOW:

* Building and supporting orphanages and schools for abandoned children, children of leprosy-afflicted parents and physically and mentally handicapped children.

* Providing funds for food, bandages, medicines and simple medical treatment to leprosy-afflicted people in 31 leper colonies.

* Creating meaningful work for the leprosy-afflicted, affording them self-sufficiency and self-esteem.

UPCOMING EXPEDITION: July 7th - July 16th, 2006

PARTICIPANTS: 15

For information about how you can contribute through donations, fundraising, and/or participation in the expedition, please contact Joanna Hudson at joannalhudson@hotmail.com. Rising Star Outreach is a non-profit corporation qualified under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. A copy of their determination letter and financial statements will be provided upon request. www.risingstaroutreach.org. For a map of Chennai, India click on http://maps.smugmug.com/?feedType=geoAlbum&Data=1027002 and zoom out.

* The pictures posted in this gallery were taken by volunteers and staff of Rising Star Outreach.

Rising Star Outreach - India