It was packed!  Apparently all of Canberra DID show up, because it was wall to wall people in there, on what isn’t one of the smaller embassy grounds.  They had about a dozen food venders, they had shopping tents set up selling brass ornaments, clothes, Thai silk, spices, pretty much everything.  They had a traditional dance troupe, a few bands playing various types of music, ranging from traditional Thai to American Blue Grass, I kid you not!

 Thai fruit carving.  That thing on the right is a watermelon!

They also had this fund-raiser/game set up that was pretty funny.  They have a fairly large tree, into which they attached probably thousands of little foil stars of different colors.  The idea was that you would use this bamboo pole to “catch” a star, which had a little number sticker inside of it.  The higher the number, the better the prize.  We looked at the prize tent, and had a BUNCH of stuff.  Bicycles, stereos, home theatre sound systems, bags, toys...Jacoby wanted to try.  Again, and again.  In the end, even Kimberly “had a go.”

I think we won one “earth-friendly” hand bag, one pack of noodles, and a can of broth...  J