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| That's me at the 17th Hot Air Balloon Fest |
Attending the 17th Hot Air Balloon Festival was extremely fun and made me so giddy like a child, it's one of those events that made you just want to relax and savor the moment. It was year 2011 that made me decide that I should go to this festival upon seeing it featured at one of the morning shows, and this year I fulfilled that promise. My boyfriend and I took the 4:15 SCTEX bus going to Clark, had breakfast at Dau, then headed to Clark Main Gate. We have met someone who was selling tickets at same rate at Clark gate, so we took advantage of that opportunity to buy there so we don't have to fall in line since the lines can be extremely long as per the bloggers who wrote about the previous events. So there we were on the public transport to the event area at Air Force City, seems just like near but we were stuck there for thirty minutes because of the traffic. Everyone is heading to the area, and we were already very near the area when the we saw the hot air balloons being inflated so I wanted to jump out of the public transport and sadly when we arrived all of the balloons were airborne already, but we decided to take a picture from afar before actually going inside cause I'm afraid I might miss taking pictures of the balloon. So after that, we went inside, thought it was easy breezy thing cause we have the tickets, but then again we have to fall in line again to have our bags inspected and for the security to tear up the tickets.
The moment we stepped in at the event area, my boyfriend and I acted up like kids who wants to take picture of everything around us, we saw this coolest inflated humongous inflated canon camera, and yes of course we have to take pictures of us standing next to it.
Inside we have several stops, but being in the area where a the shows are is most amazing, especially when you see the hot air balloons, being all colorful in that, near the fence, people we're sitted picnic style, I think some have been there so early and will be watching the shows for the entire day. We also took the time to have our pictures taken with military personnel, who were all game to have their picture taken with guest, there was also display of military cars and air force planes.
I felt like being a child again after seeing this pin wheels in one area at the balloon fest, several people were also flying kites which is so great as this is not mostly done nowadays, but seeing colorful kites being flown by children with their families makes me just want to stay there and watch it, it's amazing!
There were also a lot of food array at the area, but I'm glad we ate before going to the event as we have the energy to checked everything out. We recap the day by having our picture taken at one of the photo booths station just so we can get a remembrance from the event and to get a decent picture of us, downside of travelling in two's with no tripod for the camera.
It was a well spent day at Clark, such a short time but we have fun, a kind of day worth repeating again and again. As for our souvenir we decide to buy mini hot air balloons which is really cute at the cost of 100 pesos. The rest of our day was spent visiting Marquee Mall at Angeles, which was nice and not all crowded, kinda like taking a glimpse to the soon be rising Harbor Point Mall in Subic. This was a first but will never be the last time that I'll be visiting the hot air balloon fest, on our way home I was telling my boyfriend that maybe next year we should try to catch the night glow which will be in the evening, just so go get the feel late in the afternoon.We will do that and hopefully one day we can also ride the balloon. Hopefully!
Till then...balloons...more fun in the philippines...
I felt like being a child again after seeing this pin wheels in one area at the balloon fest, several people were also flying kites which is so great as this is not mostly done nowadays, but seeing colorful kites being flown by children with their families makes me just want to stay there and watch it, it's amazing!
There were also a lot of food array at the area, but I'm glad we ate before going to the event as we have the energy to checked everything out. We recap the day by having our picture taken at one of the photo booths station just so we can get a remembrance from the event and to get a decent picture of us, downside of travelling in two's with no tripod for the camera.
It was a well spent day at Clark, such a short time but we have fun, a kind of day worth repeating again and again. As for our souvenir we decide to buy mini hot air balloons which is really cute at the cost of 100 pesos. The rest of our day was spent visiting Marquee Mall at Angeles, which was nice and not all crowded, kinda like taking a glimpse to the soon be rising Harbor Point Mall in Subic. This was a first but will never be the last time that I'll be visiting the hot air balloon fest, on our way home I was telling my boyfriend that maybe next year we should try to catch the night glow which will be in the evening, just so go get the feel late in the afternoon.We will do that and hopefully one day we can also ride the balloon. Hopefully!
Till then...balloons...more fun in the philippines...
