Lantern Lighting

The second stop on the line was a place that had a lantern festival every year. I had heard about these 'lantern festivals' but didn't really know what they were about. As we walked into town we kept seeing these balloon looking things floating up in the air - as we got a closer look they turned out to be miniature hot air ballons. Then before I knew it Marlene had one in her hand. They are paper lanterns and the idea is you paint on the paper 'wishes' and then you light the lantern and send it off. Torben got a crack at the first painting, which almost instantly turned into a photo shoot.


The picture painting could not be complete without eating some paint.