“No.”Antonia, when we asked her to call us a boat taxi so we could go home Oh Prvić, the Island at the End of Summer, protected by mysterious powers of both Prvin the God of Spring, and the Ministry of Culture of Croatia – what song shall we sing you this time? The island is … Read more
It was – tough. From the very beginning. Roberto said that unspecified consequences shall befell us if we don’t show up at his festival. Then the weather went all crazy with incessant rain and, for the first half of September, clearly illegal temperatures. Then the weather kinda backed off (it was still way too cold; … Read more
“È Hong Kong!”– the Mayor of Urbino So … in Part One of our sidekicks story we told you all about the international kite festival at Parco de Cesane above Urbino the Renaissance wonder, and promised you a bunch of interesting stories behind one of the most unique kite festivals in the world: Festa dell’Aquilone. … Read more
“No, no, put the kite down …”– Patrizio, at the height of the kite festival in Urbino Imagine a kite festival – an international kite festival! – where kite flyers – international kite flyers! – play the second fiddle … if that. Where in the middle of the second day of the festival (usually the … Read more
Yes, yes, we know … we owe you a report from the unique festival in Urbino, and from a rather special kite workshop Gregor did, but this kite flying session was really nice, so … 🙂 After a hectic week, and the very hot summer, and all the festivals from Tunisia to Dalmatia to Italy, … Read more
Gregor is a man of many talents and even more mysteries – one of which is the number of his talents. While he is just a regular kite flyer and occasional kite maker during the day, at night he transforms into a lawyer, a fighter for justice – and even a president of a Rotary … Read more
We are KAP Jasa team. KAP stands for Kite Aerial Photography, therefore we strive to do a KAP session every time we can, including on festivals. The great International Kite Festival in O., on the beach of the Adriatic sea by the delta of Neretva river presented a lot of opportunities to shoot some great … Read more
Note: certain names and places have been changed to protect authenticity. “I hate kite flying.”– Bear, to no one in particular, after the kite festival in O. You know when you love something so much you want to show it to everyone? When you are so excited, jumping up and down when you are getting … Read more
You see a lot of strange things at a kite festival, but the most strange – and elusive! – one must be – a teenager. Sure, there is a young kite master here and there, a fifteen year old stunt kite genius, a true young adult kite lover here and there. But – at least … Read more
In a kite festival – or in any kite-related event – there are two target groups, to use a foul word … the audience and the kiters. Kiters are a weird bunch, and they get impressed by weird things. Like stitches. People in the audience are much simpler – they see big stuff flying, they … Read more