Kites

It's kite flying season here in Indonesia. Probably because it is also dry season and very conducive to getting a kite to fly. The locals are incredibly skilled at this. They have these paper kites with really long strings that they fly. Without even running or moving, just steering it with their hands, they are able to get the kite up. But not just up, the kites soar so high you can barely see them sometimes. It's amazing how high they can get them. All over you see kites that have gotten tangled in trees and abandoned. Sometimes they even have kite wars and attach metal hooks or razors to the strings and try to tear down the other kits flying nearby. One sad thing is that girls can't fly kites here. When you look around you will only ever see the little boys flying kites... part of the culture. So I will never learn or get a chance to try. But I love looking up and admiring the sky or the sunset and seeing the kites flying overhead.

Can you spot the kite?

A high flying kite in perspective of a tree

The beautiful sky

A lovely sunset