Thailand International Kite Festival - WITH PHOTOS

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Re: Thailand International Kite Festival @ Cha-Am

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Well guys, as you've probably guessed from the above 2 photos, we've had a great day at the festival today. The place was packed, and even though we arrived early, parking was very difficult.

They'd taken a much larger space for the event this year, which obviously added to the parking problem.

There were several workshops where kids could make their own, and plenty of kites on sale. The kites themselves remind me of an alien invasion :alien: .

One disappointment this year - the tide was wrong. Other years, the tide has gone right out, meaning that spectators could get on the sea side of the festival, which in turn gave an unobstructed view. This year, we were constrained behind the barriers.

As usual, I took a few snaps...........................................
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Re: Thailand International Kite Festival - WITH PHOTOS

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It is amazing what types of kites they show!!!
Thanks for the great pictures!!!
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Re: Thailand International Kite Festival - WITH PHOTOS

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it was indeed great, went there Saturday and thoroughly enjoyed it, specially the shows with teams from China, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand
let's hope they will continue to have the event every year
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Re: Thailand International Kite Festival - WITH PHOTOS

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I've just been looking at a friend's album from Saturday. There were so many different kites flying Saturday that weren't flying Sunday.
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yes because I think quite a few already left as they did their main shows Friday and Saturday !
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LOL - normally, I'd have gone on the Saturday, but it clashed with Hua Hin City :oops:
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