The event was on 19th to 22nd of March 2009 and it is the first hot air balloon fiesta in Malaysia. I went there with my girlfriend on 21st because it is a beautiful Saturday that day, and we managed to take some shots.
We reached there about afternoon, after reaching Putrajaya, we started searching for banners for that event. It might be somewhere on a lamp post, or a big building. We found it easily, maybe because Putrajaya is not that big.
Its located at Presint 2, then I continue to the location. I have trouble finding a place to park, many cars going in and out using the same road, so I stucked there for few minutes. After parking my car, we have to walk across a road to that place.
Many people were there, mostly with family members. There are few things that is held there, Bazaar, Kids Colouring Contest, Kite Flying, Remote Control Aircraft Flying and Powered Parachute.
I saw participating people started to fly their kite, some kites are big and heavy, they used the fishing rod to control it. There are various styles and colours of kites.
Sky full of kites...
Then we saw powered parachute flying around...
After that we walked around, and found this KFC booth...
The event is scheduled at 5:30pm, but at that time, the wind is very strong, so they have to delay the time because it is dangerous to fly with strong wind. They took out the things to be prepared.
At 6 something, finally they can start, they blow air inside the balloon using fan. Each balloon take turns to fly...
CAT is from Malaysia...
There are few countries like Germany, Belgium, Japan, USA, Thailand that participate in this event. But some balloons are for display, and they cant fly, like this...
I have a great time there, and this is my first time approaching a hot air balloon that close, it feels like I'm not in Malaysia at that time. A wonderful experience there !
We reached there about afternoon, after reaching Putrajaya, we started searching for banners for that event. It might be somewhere on a lamp post, or a big building. We found it easily, maybe because Putrajaya is not that big.
Its located at Presint 2, then I continue to the location. I have trouble finding a place to park, many cars going in and out using the same road, so I stucked there for few minutes. After parking my car, we have to walk across a road to that place.
Many people were there, mostly with family members. There are few things that is held there, Bazaar, Kids Colouring Contest, Kite Flying, Remote Control Aircraft Flying and Powered Parachute.
I saw participating people started to fly their kite, some kites are big and heavy, they used the fishing rod to control it. There are various styles and colours of kites.
Sky full of kites...
Then we saw powered parachute flying around...
After that we walked around, and found this KFC booth...
The event is scheduled at 5:30pm, but at that time, the wind is very strong, so they have to delay the time because it is dangerous to fly with strong wind. They took out the things to be prepared.
At 6 something, finally they can start, they blow air inside the balloon using fan. Each balloon take turns to fly...
CAT is from Malaysia...
There are few countries like Germany, Belgium, Japan, USA, Thailand that participate in this event. But some balloons are for display, and they cant fly, like this...
I have a great time there, and this is my first time approaching a hot air balloon that close, it feels like I'm not in Malaysia at that time. A wonderful experience there !