Balloon Festival 2011 Day 1

Updated 15th January, scroll to the bottom of the page for a link to the second day of the Pattaya Balloon Festival 2011.
The long awaited, much anticipated Pattaya Balloon Festival finally took off on the 13th January, the pattaya balloon festival will run until the 16th. Festivities and shows including para-motor displays, kite flying and live music usually start in the late afternoon.

crew inflating a balloon at the pattaya balloon festival
Inflating a balloon at Pattaya Hot Air Balloon Festival.
2 hot air balloons ay Pattaya Balloon Festival
Pattaya Hot Air Balloon Festival 2011.
a para-motor flying overhead at the pattaya balloon festival
Para-motors giving a display at the Pattaya Balloon festival.
the ferris wheel at pattaya balloon festival
Para-motor flying over the top of the Ferris Wheel at Pattaya Balloon Festival.
Hot air balloons at the Pattaya International Hot Air Balloon Festival
A view up the mooring rope of a hot air balloon.
Hot air balloon being inflated the Pattasya International Balloon Festival
A taste of Halloween at the Pattaya Balloon festival.
hot air ballooning
Pattaya International Balloon Festival.
stalls selling Thai food at the balloon festival
No Thai festival would be complete without food of course.
hot air balloon
Is it a barn, is it a cow shed, no it’s a hot air balloon.
hot air balloons
Two hot air balloons at the Pattaya Balloon Festival.

Photos and details from the second day of the Pattaya International balloon Fiesta 2011