Town of Pingxi (pronounced PING-shee)
A floating lantern
The Tree outside the train station full of birds trying to stay warm
Lanterns hung in the streets with waterfalls around
More Lanterns
A bridge with a stream under it
An unusual sign stating that drug users will not be tolerated.... still funny.
A lantern upclose (preflight)
Light the inside paper, let it fill up with warm air
LET IT GO!!!
Fireworks in case you want to shoot them off at 1:30am on a Tuesday
Ryan and Angel (our coordinator)
Zach waiting (patiently)
Alisa enjoying her new found lunch
Zach looking for a bite
Plenty of Lanterns for everyone
Looking back into town
Market setup just for today
Zach appreciating the lantern lamp
Mini lamps as a souvenir
Getting wet in the rain
Waterfalls
People waiting for a ticket - we just happened to get one later without having to stand in line.
A stop to revive ourselves in a coffee shop.
Letting them go from the bridge
Damn
Some had firecrackers attached
The start of our wishes.... this one's for everyone BUT me of course
A heartfelt wish
I surprisingly didn't write this one.... honestly
Based on an earlier conversation regarding the movie "Miracle"
Alisa's real wish
For Michelle
For Natalie
For Tina
For Adam
Again... for Adam:)
Lighting underneath
Raising up
Light it up
Filling with air
Almost ready
LET IT GO
Off she goes!!
YOU RAISE ME UP..... SO I CAN FLY OVER MOUNTAINS....
This one wasn't so lucky - there were about 1% of these happening
Going down after this
A big stage with entertainment in between group releases
A pretty release
WTF is all I can think of here....
Looking in the sky with lanterns everywhere
A release of all white lanterns
Taiwan President Speaking to everyone
The biggest of the Lanterns this year
We're in the "VIP" area and this is the "big" lantern for our group
A traditional dance while we wait for everyone to get in place
Writing names on our lantern
The kid helping our lantern
GO GO GO
Some 500 estimated people on a train car that was probably designed for 80 people. Basically like a rock concert for the 90 minute train ride back to Taipei:( the only bad part of the trip.
