Laninga's Travel Blog

This weekend there was a kite flying demo on Padre Island.  Never thought too much about kite flying, couldn’t see how they could put on a show.  But once I got there I was quite impressed.  I put a short video on my Apple account, enter this in your browser:

http://gallery.me.com/john.laninga#100220

In addition to the flying, there were some very impressive kites on display.  Check out the following:

There were all linds of kites in the air -- and on the ground.

Some kites were whimsical, such as this "half woman"

All kinds of shapes, all kinds of motions

The shark kite stole the show

The shark kite was huge, with surf, a number of “fish” swimming below it, and two “sharks” following along.  Quite impressive….