Jim Martin, AKA, WACKOS, GKPI's "Kite Festival in Cartegna" album

Jim Martin, AKA, WACKOS, GKPI's "Kite Festival in Cartegna" album http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/ Kite making, kite flying and just looking around in Cartegena. Fotki.com http://images.fotki.com/logo3.gif http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/ Poolside at Hotel Lemar. "Maria Bonita" bird (Pretty Maria) -- this name is either an example of a bitingly sarcastic twist in Colombian humor, or of a radically differnt idea on what is pretty. Quite good at stealing bits of breakfast... http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060805.html

Poolside at Hotel Lemar. "Maria Bonita" bird (Pretty Maria) -- this name is either an example of a bitingly sarcastic twist in Colombian humor, or of a radically differnt idea on what is pretty. Quite good at stealing bits of breakfast...
]]> http://images50.fotki.com/v393/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060805-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:22:31 GMT An altogether more attractive bird. Also good at stealing breakfast. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060808.html

An altogether more attractive bird. Also good at stealing breakfast.
]]> http://images46.fotki.com/v1621/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060808-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:24:45 GMT High Rise bulilding going up near our hotel.That guy is perched 20-30 stories up. Yikes! http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060809.html

High Rise bulilding going up near our hotel.That guy is perched 20-30 stories up. Yikes!
]]> http://images55.fotki.com/v1617/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060809-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:30:17 GMT The trees around the pool turn out to be mango trees! http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060811.html

The trees around the pool turn out to be mango trees!
]]> http://images56.fotki.com/v124/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060811-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:32:19 GMT Street scene inside the old walled city of Cartegena de Indias http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060815.html

Street scene inside the old walled city of Cartegena de Indias
]]> http://images56.fotki.com/v701/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060815-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:34:31 GMT Statue of the famous Admiral who could change himself into a Unicorn to fight the enemies of... no, niot really, but it would ahve been a cool story... http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060829.html

Statue of the famous Admiral who could change himself into a Unicorn to fight the enemies of... no, niot really, but it would ahve been a cool story...
]]> http://images14.fotki.com/v219/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060829-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:36:57 GMT La India Catalina, a local historical figure whos story is too long to relate here. VERY roughly, the Cartegenian Pocohontas... http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060830.html

La India Catalina, a local historical figure whos story is too long to relate here. VERY roughly, the Cartegenian Pocohontas...
]]> http://images54.fotki.com/v239/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060830-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:16:45 GMT Thijo cinematographing La India Catalina http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060831.html

Thijo cinematographing La India Catalina
]]> http://images55.fotki.com/v1618/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060831-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:40:37 GMT Another street in the old city. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060832.html

Another street in the old city.
]]> http://images14.fotki.com/v219/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060832-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:42:32 GMT View from the city walls. The walls were intended as protection mainly from pirates, into which category is lumped the English as well as the Buccaneers known in the US. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060843.html

View from the city walls. The walls were intended as protection mainly from pirates, into which category is lumped the English as well as the Buccaneers known in the US.
]]> http://images57.fotki.com/v81/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060843-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:45:53 GMT View over the walls of the old city, taking in the rising new city in the distance. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060846.html

View over the walls of the old city, taking in the rising new city in the distance.
]]> http://images14.fotki.com/v380/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060846-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:47:49 GMT Another bird. Did I mention about the yellow? http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060851.html

Another bird. Did I mention about the yellow?
]]> http://images55.fotki.com/v1618/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060851-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:50:01 GMT The least-obeyed sign in Colombia. Car ghorns are used to signal everything from "look out, I'm passing you" to "the light has been green for 16 nano-seconds, get moving" to "I am a cab, would you like a ride?" Or, maybe, "I am in a car and have a horn! http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060852.html

The least-obeyed sign in Colombia. Car ghorns are used to signal everything from "look out, I'm passing you" to "the light has been green for 16 nano-seconds, get moving" to "I am a cab, would you like a ride?" Or, maybe, "I am in a car and have a horn!
]]> http://images15.fotki.com/v223/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060852-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:51:10 GMT No city is complete without them... http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060855.html

No city is complete without them...
]]> http://images50.fotki.com/v1528/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060855-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:52:24 GMT Botero sculpture in Old Cartegena. The photo does not do it justice -- walking around it and seeing what the artist did withforms and shapes is extraordinary. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060857.html

Botero sculpture in Old Cartegena. The photo does not do it justice -- walking around it and seeing what the artist did withforms and shapes is extraordinary.
]]> http://images15.fotki.com/v587/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060857-th.jpg Mon, 4 Feb 2013 20:09:45 GMT Something in this corner was hugely attractive, if you are a bat. At least three varieties of bat flew whrough this tight space for hours. They also enjoyed dipping a sip of water out of the pool. Ines assured me they wer not vampire bats, which I hadn http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060882.html

Something in this corner was hugely attractive, if you are a bat. At least three varieties of bat flew whrough this tight space for hours. They also enjoyed dipping a sip of water out of the pool. Ines assured me they wer not vampire bats, which I hadn
]]> http://images16.fotki.com/v220/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060882-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:19:00 GMT Night at the pool at Hotel Lemar. Time for the night fly, I guess. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060895.html

Night at the pool at Hotel Lemar. Time for the night fly, I guess.
]]> http://images56.fotki.com/v773/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060895-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:18:04 GMT Traditional Colombian Kite meest with a traditional end to kites all over the world... http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060903.html

Traditional Colombian Kite meest with a traditional end to kites all over the world...
]]> http://images59.fotki.com/v1593/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060903-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:20:00 GMT Great program for kids from a poorer neighborhood -- allows them a place to do sports, games, art and just safely be a kid. Kitemaking fit into that nicely. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060908.html

Great program for kids from a poorer neighborhood -- allows them a place to do sports, games, art and just safely be a kid. Kitemaking fit into that nicely.
]]> http://images59.fotki.com/v544/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060908-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:22:28 GMT Happy results of kiemaking with kids. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060910.html

Happy results of kiemaking with kids.
]]> http://images52.fotki.com/v1552/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060910-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:24:39 GMT This guy had a great time, bowwowing one of my miniatures, running of acting (over-acting!) like the Great Kite Theif of Colombia, then laughing and running back to do it again. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060911.html

This guy had a great time, bowwowing one of my miniatures, running of acting (over-acting!) like the Great Kite Theif of Colombia, then laughing and running back to do it again.
]]> http://images55.fotki.com/v1618/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060911-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:26:12 GMT Hmmmm... The AKA is HERE? http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060914.html

Hmmmm... The AKA is HERE?
]]> http://images61.fotki.com/v53/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060914-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:27:49 GMT A mango, that fell into the pool. Note to pool designers: trees that drop 1 pound fruits randomly probably do not belong over the pool... http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060920.html

A mango, that fell into the pool. Note to pool designers: trees that drop 1 pound fruits randomly probably do not belong over the pool...
]]> http://images59.fotki.com/v1593/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060920-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:34:20 GMT Flowers near the bay. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060935.html

Flowers near the bay.
]]> http://images49.fotki.com/v109/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060935-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:36:08 GMT Traditional Colombian kite. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060936.html

Traditional Colombian kite.
]]> http://images20.fotki.com/v355/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060936-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:37:22 GMT Molinas quads. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060939.html

Molinas quads.
]]> http://images54.fotki.com/v1616/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060939-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:39:10 GMT Albert, Jairo and kite. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060941.html

Albert, Jairo and kite.
]]> http://images20.fotki.com/v386/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060941-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:44:07 GMT Yep, that's a big frog. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060946.html

Yep, that's a big frog.
]]> http://images56.fotki.com/v1598/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060946-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:44:54 GMT Fans line the top of the wall, watching us fly below. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060950.html

Fans line the top of the wall, watching us fly below.
]]> http://images61.fotki.com/v665/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060950-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:47:17 GMT Custom quads from Spain. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060955.html

Custom quads from Spain.
]]> http://images12.fotki.com/v155/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060955-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:49:49 GMT Los Dos Amigos. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060960.html

Los Dos Amigos.
]]> http://images61.fotki.com/v53/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060960-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:55:33 GMT Ines and Jairo, good friends who organized a great trip for us. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060967.html

Ines and Jairo, good friends who organized a great trip for us.
]]> http://images54.fotki.com/v452/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060967-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:26:21 GMT The Traveling Sled Kite adds Cartegena, Colombia to the list. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060974.html

The Traveling Sled Kite adds Cartegena, Colombia to the list.
]]> http://images59.fotki.com/v1594/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060974-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:01:13 GMT Traditional kitemaker at work. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060980.html

Traditional kitemaker at work.
]]> http://images61.fotki.com/v443/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060980-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:28:43 GMT Finishing touches. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060982.html

Finishing touches.
]]> http://images61.fotki.com/v52/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060982-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:33:35 GMT Kitemakers from near Medellin build an interesting cellular kite from wood and plastic. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060984.html

Kitemakers from near Medellin build an interesting cellular kite from wood and plastic.
]]> http://images61.fotki.com/v53/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060984-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:36:00 GMT Meanwhile: the Red Baron. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060986.html

Meanwhile: the Red Baron.
]]> http://images49.fotki.com/v569/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060986-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:39:21 GMT Kite vendor puts the finishing touches on a kite I am about to buy. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060987.html

Kite vendor puts the finishing touches on a kite I am about to buy.
]]> http://images49.fotki.com/v569/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060987-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:42:43 GMT Kitemaker and another kite I bought. I tried to bring four home (2 paper, 2 plastic sheeting), only lost one paper one. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060988.html

Kitemaker and another kite I bought. I tried to bring four home (2 paper, 2 plastic sheeting), only lost one paper one.
]]> http://images54.fotki.com/v1615/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060988-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:45:21 GMT Cellular kite, made on the field. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060991.html

Cellular kite, made on the field.
]]> http://images61.fotki.com/v52/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060991-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:46:56 GMT The many faces of kiting. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060992.html

The many faces of kiting.
]]> http://images61.fotki.com/v536/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060992-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:51:03 GMT Me and the Octopus at the City Wall. Normally named "Sam" after Sam Mills, the Panther linebacker, in Colombia everybody really wanted him to be named "Paul" after the world-cup-predicting octopus -- so now, officially, he is Sam unless in Colombia, wher http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1060997.html

Me and the Octopus at the City Wall. Normally named "Sam" after Sam Mills, the Panther linebacker, in Colombia everybody really wanted him to be named "Paul" after the world-cup-predicting octopus -- so now, officially, he is Sam unless in Colombia, wher
]]> http://images55.fotki.com/v648/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1060998-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:28:47 GMT Big Colombian flag kite joins "El Pulpo Paul." http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1070002.html

Big Colombian flag kite joins "El Pulpo Paul."
]]> http://images52.fotki.com/v727/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1070002-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:00:40 GMT Skyscape. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1070006.html

Skyscape.
]]> http://images56.fotki.com/v1298/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1070006-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:03:02 GMT String of Octopoda -- these kite were all over the local paper the next day. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1070016.html

String of Octopoda -- these kite were all over the local paper the next day.
]]> http://images12.fotki.com/v20/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1070016-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:05:26 GMT Kids kitemaking just upwind of the main flying field. Soon 10 zillion little sled kites will be drifting over the field, creating tangles and some degree of chaos. But it's all good. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1070017.html

Kids kitemaking just upwind of the main flying field. Soon 10 zillion little sled kites will be drifting over the field, creating tangles and some degree of chaos. But it's all good.
]]> http://images56.fotki.com/v702/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1070017-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:09:23 GMT Eyes in the Skies... http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1070023.html

Eyes in the Skies...
]]> http://images59.fotki.com/v255/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1070023-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:10:31 GMT Big white ones are Albert's ghosts, little white ones are kids' sleds... http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1070033.html

Big white ones are Albert's ghosts, little white ones are kids' sleds...
]]> http://images61.fotki.com/v52/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1070033-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:16:17 GMT Good display. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1070035.html

Good display.
]]> http://images46.fotki.com/v28/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1070035-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:18:06 GMT I am not going to explain, you figure it out. Cool image, anyway. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1070038.html

I am not going to explain, you figure it out. Cool image, anyway.
]]> http://images61.fotki.com/v53/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1070038-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:20:52 GMT OWN YOUR HOVER. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1070039.html

OWN YOUR HOVER.
]]> http://images12.fotki.com/v254/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1070039-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:23:50 GMT Local families and kids fly just downwind. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1070043.html

Local families and kids fly just downwind.
]]> http://images20.fotki.com/v386/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1070043-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:26:42 GMT Looks like the sun is slipping away... http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1070045.html

Looks like the sun is slipping away...
]]> http://images56.fotki.com/v1298/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1070045-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:28:48 GMT The bus from the hotel to the field for day 2. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1070046.html

The bus from the hotel to the field for day 2.
]]> http://images54.fotki.com/v239/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1070046-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:30:22 GMT Another Faces of Kiting row... http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1070049.html

Another Faces of Kiting row...
]]> http://images49.fotki.com/v1510/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1070049-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:32:53 GMT Repairing the cellular. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1070050.html

Repairing the cellular.
]]> http://images54.fotki.com/v1615/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1070050-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:35:28 GMT Kitemaker and vendor prparing for the crowd. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1070051.html

Kitemaker and vendor prparing for the crowd.
]]> http://images20.fotki.com/v113/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1070051-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:37:57 GMT Light winds. http://public.fotki.com/JMartJr/kite_fests/colombia-2010/kite-festival-in-ca/p1070053.html

Light winds.
]]> http://images52.fotki.com/v737/photos/5/425885/8993611/P1070053-th.jpg Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:42:19 GMT