Chiang Mai ~ Wat Phra Non Rocket Festival

[Mathos]

Nice thread FF and great to see you, as well as the locals enjoying a day with rocket power.

GFY

[sunsetter]

another cracker of a thread, rockets and dancing gals........

[JuniorExPat]

Apparently I need to spread it around before I can green you for this thread - great thread.

My brother in law - a fourth generation pyromaniac - keeps trying to get me to go to a rocket festival each year but something always seems to get in the way. It must be the same one as I'm sure he mentioned Huay Tung Tao - maybe next year, eh?!

Thanks for sharing.


JxP

[The caped avenger]

Lovely pictures and I would love to get to the next one

[Keef]

Great Photos which brought back memories. I was at a rocket festival somewhere outside of Chiang Mai ( I didn't know where, just told a tuk tuk driver to find me the rocket festival) back in 1996 and seeing the photos has now confirmed where I was - at the time it was just a lot of driving down muddy roads until we got to a muddy field. Back then we were also the only westerners there - we were ushered up the front so we could see the launches better - cue getting bladdered and covered in Gunpowder soot. I have several photos (back in the UK unfortunately) but my favourite was of a Monk chalking up the betting on a blackboard,Great Fun. I am now living in Chiang Mai and will be definitely attending for old times sake. Do you have any idea when it will be held this year?

[smeden]

wery nice pics a green is sent

[Chairman Mao]

Who puts a stage behind a tree?

[DrAndy]

Do you have any idea when it will be held this year?

same time every year

check the dates on FFs pics

[sabot]

I'm curious about how the betting works. What exactly is being wagered upon?