Lanterns and Lights

The last day of September was the Moon Lantern Festival. I dressed for the occasion, as you can see. :3 

Here in Adelaide, the event was held at Elder Park, which is just a five minute walk away from my apartment. Here's the thing about Elder Park: it's usually a place for cyclists, joggers, families having picnics, seagulls looking for scraps ... y'know, that kind of thing. But the day Nick and I walked down to the park for the event, we were pretty much amazed by the crowd that was there. I have never seen so many people at once in Adelaide before.

The feature above was part of a stall where people were learning how to fold paper lotuses. It looked like fun, but there were so many people. Our plans of having dinner at the park were totally dashed - each food stall had a queue a half hour long. We even saw the ice cream stall that we visited while at Victor Harbor, though the prices were a dollar more expensive that the stuff we ate down south. 

In the end, Nick and I decided to have dinner at Mamak Corner and come back to see the fireworks. We were supposed to meet everyone at the festival, but it was impossible.

When we got back, the Moon Lantern Parade was just ending. Sorry for the terrible picture, my camera isn't that great in the dark. See the little blobs of light surrounding the large lotus in the middle? Those were the paper lanterns on parade. We found a nice high balcony behind the Festival Centre where we could see all the lights and the fireworks.

Nick helped me take a lot of firework photos, and these were the best. I loved the ones that zipped around like small birds after the initial explosion. It's hard to take photos of those though, as you won't make out the motion of the lights. It was a beautiful show.