Solstice

Trip Start Apr 23, 2007
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Saturday, December 22, 2007

undoubtedly one of the most magical experiences i have witnessed.. we left at 4:30am and made pretty good time so we got there about  7:00 and they were doing a druid ceremony thingy which was kinda interesting... it was all a little amateurish but quite beautiful... it had been pretty cloudy and foggy since the night before but then sunrise hit at 8:09 and the clouds and fog broke for just 5 minutes so you could see it... it was absolutely stunning! you are usually only allowed to see it from walkway (and you have to pay to get in) but you can't go near the stones... but for solstice you are allowed right at them... you're allowed to touch them and you can just feel the energy pulsing through... the acoustics within the stones is incredible as well... with all the singing and dancing and chanting it was lovely! we met a bloke that playing his didgeridoo into a little groove at the base of a stone which reverberated through the circle and we went to talk to him... it turns out his friend who taught him to play and helped him make his first didgeridoo has passed away and he had buried some of his ashes in that little groove and was playing for him... i thought that was such a beautiful story...
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