Beautiful Chiang Mai Flower Festival, Famous!

[helbob]

Beautiful Chiang Mai Flower Festival, Famous! Part 1

This year the festival was from 6.2. – 8.2.2015. I thought it is festival with some trucks and some people, but wrong, it is a very big festival with about 30 big beautiful decorated trucks and many different groups. My englisch is not so good, so let the pictures speak:

The preparations on 5.2. an 6.2., real flowers no plastic.

In the evening

Better prepare in the night, not to hot

A quick jump to the next day for look the result , nice

In the evening a show with a contest, singers and cultural dance

The Miss… contest was with a group of tourist girls and a group of thai girls. The tourist girls must do something like sing a song or dance or whatever you can do, just for fun. I think the winner got 5000 baht.

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[helbob]

Beautiful Chiang Mai Flower Festival, Famous! Part 2

More pics of the Miss Flower Blooming Contest.

My guesthouse restaurant told me on Saturday is the big procession and they will start on the river. So drive to the river in the morning when everybody set up.

A new Dji Quadrocopter with HD Camera makes videos for TV

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[DavidFL]

Beautiful photos yet again.

Was the Dji Quadrocopter yours?

If yes looking forward to some photos with it.

 

[helbob]

Thanks David.
The Dji is not my one, i wish it was my
But this one is about 3000 euro with camera and gimbal :crazy:, a cheap professionell copter

 

[Moto-Rex]

Thailand is certainly the land of festivals, and this one looks like a beauty.
Some lovely flowers amongst the flowers, if you know what I mean.

The Dji Quadrocopter looks like a trick piece of equipment.

Beautiful photos Helbob. What camera are you using?

Moto-Rex

 

[helbob]

I have my old sony A33 exchanged for a new Sony A77 II, a heavy but very good camera.
Price was 960 euro for the body.
First i bought a A38 but this one had no remote control so I have sold it

 

[helbob]

Beautiful Chiang Mai Flower Festival, Famous! Part 3

Everybody start on the river and walk to the old town. Some trucks parking at Nong Buak Hat park (southwest corner of the canal).

Some old cars

Miss Thailand arrive with the minibus, beautiful

A music-power-station

Miss Thailand on the truck

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Beautiful Chiang Mai Flower Festival, Famous! Part 4

For all Germans, VW Kaefer (Beetle)

This was my favorit truck because this was made in nature style

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Beautiful Chiang Mai Flower Festival, Famous! Part 5
Funny and nice but difficult on the toilett ;-)

After I drove to the big market at Nong Buak Hat park (southwest corner of the canal). Many foodvendors and a lot of flowers. Grilled quail

On of the trucks when parking at Nong Buak Hat park

Another truck at Nong Buak Hat park

Here you can see the details of the flower art

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Beautiful Chiang Mai Flower Festival, Famous! Part 6
At Nong Buak Hat park was also a flower- and bonsai exhibition,

great this bonsais, I don’t know how old but I think many years

Oho, a young thai girld with snake

A animal shop shows some animals

Many strawberry this year, but taste not same germany strawberry

The days around the flower festival is hard work for taxidriver because some roads closed for cars, now he is tired

This year I been in Chinda House, it is in small road 7-10min to walk from Tapae Gate. The room with TV, Hot Water and freezer is 400 Baht. They have cheaper rooms too.

This first days I drive only with a Honda Wave around because this bike is very easy in the city. When the Flower Festival was finished I rent a CRF 250 from POP for 650Baht/day and pay him 2 weeks. POP has now about 600 motorbikes and he is the biggest in asia but always very friendly when I see him.

My first enduro-week I drove alone for look something new and take pictures. The second week I drove with 4 friends. For the motorbike-trip I will make a new thread. In the next thread “The North-West End Tours of Thailand” we met the “Road to Mandaly” Rallay in Mae Hong Son.

…Finish….
helbob