"Festival of Kites" in Boquete

While going through my e-mail this morning I read about the “Festival of Kites” the Mayor of Boquete Manolo Ruiz would be handing out 300 “cometas” kites at the Los Naranjos Gym today.
It sounded like fun and a chance to take some pictures doe a short posting on my blog- so I decided to go. Both children and the “young at heart” were enjoying their kite flying some better at it than others. It was a beautiful day for this activity, the sky was blue, the sun was out, and just enough wind to get the kites up in the air.

The Mayor’s kite was very large and he and his group attempted many times to get it off the ground. I thought they had given up on the idea but a short while later their kite was way up in the sky. Deciding then to take a picture of the Mayor’s kite, I was hoping it would turn out to be good one after promising the Mayor’s wife I would email her a copy.

Here are pictures of my afternoon at the “Festival of Kites.”