Popular Post 8milesfromhome Posted September 16, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2014 One of Chiang Mai's most famous events. Filmed in our cinematic style. Yi Peng Sky Lantern Festival 10000 Floating Sky Lanterns released in unison to signify bad luck floating away. Find out the dates for this years festival and more here: http://8milesfromhome.com/post/96863534092/yi-peng-festival-dates-2014 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stokakrishna Posted September 18, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 18, 2014 10000 pieces of garbage flying everywhere who will clean this up? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockhopper Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 They are bio-degradable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanUSA Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Cool video but it is sad to see that Thai people do not attend this event. Chiang Mai's most famous event overrun by tourists 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hans d Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 ...and what about the air traffic sercurity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeichen Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 "They are bio-degradable." Paper parts yes, but the metal, and wax parts no. You obviously don't have a house near CM. They make an awful mess. I have also seen them set roofs on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherOneAmerican Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Cool video but it is sad to see that Thai people do not attend this event. Chiang Mai's most famous event overrun by tourists It's almost all Thais, very few foreigners there. The real event, they change the date every year, and keep it quiet, so only locals can go. (They do put on a fake event for foreigners later in the month, with a big entry fee) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanUSA Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Cool video but it is sad to see that Thai people do not attend this event. Chiang Mai's most famous event overrun by tourists It's almost all Thais, very few foreigners there. The real event, they change the date every year, and keep it quiet, so only locals can go. (They do put on a fake event for foreigners later in the month, with a big entry fee) So this is a fake video? Or this is a video of the fake event? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherOneAmerican Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) So this is a fake video? Or this is a video of the fake event? The video doesn't seem to show much of anything. It could be the real event, edited to only show foreigners. Or the 'fake' event, that only foreigners attend. I would say it's a video from the 'fake $100 VIP ticket' event, as there aren't all that many lanterns in the sky, and the 'people' shots don't seem to have much in the way of people. But I could easily be wrong, I often am. Compare it to an amateur video of the real event here, so many people you can't see the ground, (taken by a Korean lady half way up a tree using her smartphone) Edited September 22, 2014 by AnotherOneAmerican Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Post removed. Please do not post in Thai script. English is the preferred language when posting please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8milesfromhome Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 This was the real event guys, it just so happened that we were sitting among thousands of foreigners and couldn't walk around freely due to the amount of people that were there. Plenty of Thais were there too though, I promise :-). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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