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Jim Martin, AKA, WACKOS, GKPI Premium Fotki Member

Saturday, Opening Ceremonies and Day 1 of the Festival

       
    
    
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Each morning, monks walk along the main street in Cha'am to accept offerings and offer blessings.
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Each morning, monks walk along the m…
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A morning fitting at the tailor shop.
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A morning fitting at the tailor shop…
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Floral display at the hotel.
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Floral display at the hotel.
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Toki-san demonstrates his skills on the Japanese flute as we head for th field.
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Toki-san demonstrates his skills on …
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This was not the USA team sign, as I had been led to believe by a tricky David Gomberg...
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This was not the USA team sign, as I…
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Chinese team from Beijing.
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Chinese team from Beijing.
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Singha Beer kite. We were interested to see if this asymetrical kite would fly well.
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Singha Beer kite. We were intereste…
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A bit of sunscreen on the lens blurs this otherwise fine picture of Thai kite-ambassador "Superman."
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A bit of sunscreen on the lens blurs…
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David tries to get the international delegations to do the wave during the opening ceremonies. Fortunately, he did not succede, avoiding a potential international incident.
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David tries to get the international…
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The Governor of Phetchaburi awaiting his moment to welcome the kite fliers and open the festival. Here we see him carefully ignoring David's attempts to do the wave...
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The Governor of Phetchaburi awaiting…
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Some of the kite teams
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Some of the kite teams
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Teh opening ceremonies feature sky divers.
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Teh opening ceremonies feature sky d…
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Skydiver with American Flag.
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Skydiver with American Flag.
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Another skydiver, with the somewhat larger flag of Thailand.
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Another skydiver, with the somewhat …
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David, apparently he's gotten a swelled-head about something...
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David, apparently he's gotten a swel…
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Dolphin kite about to launch.
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Dolphin kite about to launch.
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Esteban and Pedro must be here...
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Esteban and Pedro must be here...
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An OLO (Overly Large Octopus) being launched. I like this picture because of how the twisted tentacles give it an unintentional resemblence to the Squidward character from Spongebob Squarepants.
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An OLO (Overly Large Octopus) being …
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Parrot kite.
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Parrot kite.
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Lorge and Over Large octopoids.
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Lorge and Over Large octopoids.
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The Beijing team carries a kite towards the exhibition field.
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The Beijing team carries a kite towa…
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Chinese olympic kite.
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Chinese olympic kite.
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Big fish. Now available in "spikey" style.
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Big fish. Now available in "spikey"…
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Yes, at the Thailand International Kite Festival, kids, you can get an icecream treat that appears to ooze blood...
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Yes, at the Thailand International K…
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