5th Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2013 #myballoonfiesta
How was
5th Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2013?? One word
AWESOME!! Cos I manage to take a ride on the hot air balloon nyahahaha!! It was definitely a wise choice to go there on a weekday to avoid traffic and huge crowd.
Let you guys see photo first as I wanna take a quick bath first! Ciao~
How to go to Putrajaya Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2013?
You just need to use Google Map/Waze to search "Precinct 2, Putrajaya" or "Monumen Alaf Baru, Precinct 2" to reach that place. You will able to see a little colorful light tower and balloons if you went there very early.
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| Putrajaya Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2013 [Layout Plan] |
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The first balloon pumped with air
www.myballoonfiesta.com |
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| The moon shine bright like a diamond when I woke up at 6AM |
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| Hot Air Balloon seats, gas tank and fans to inflate the balloons |
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| Pilot and crew move their respective balloons to the take off point. Looks not light at all. |
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| Gas tanks for hot air balloons that can emit huge flame |
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| Pilots and crews checking out the hot air balloon condition |
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Pilot give briefing to the volunteer/crew
*I like the light flare =D* |
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| The first hot air balloon to get ready |
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| Uncle with tethered hot air balloon ride tickets |
HOW TO GET TETHERED HOT AIR BALLOON RIDE TICKETS @ PUTRAJAYA
If you really want to try out the hot air balloon ride, you really need to be very early. I reached there around 6.45 AM and our number is already 243 (out of 300 limited tickets). Do note that each person can buy maximum 4 tickets. Looking at the bright side, now there are accurate ticket numbering to assure you can get your ticket without disappointing people who queuing up later.
You might need to queue for a long period of time because the counter open at 7AM and 5PM respectively (got 2 sessions/day). The ticket price is RM20/person and your kid shall be 4ft higher.
For more information visit
www.myballoonfiesta.com.
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TETHERED HOT AIR BALLOON RIDE TICKETS COUNTER
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| Queuing up while looking at them setting up balloons |
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| Cute kid queuing behind =D |
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Since there will be a long wait for us to get the tethered hot air balloon rides ticket, thanks to the couple who was queuing in front of us willing to help us buy some tickets (my uncle queuing up at the same time too). Without them I won't be able to catch up the Hot Air Balloons Take Off Session.
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| Testing Flamethrower |
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| This is how huge the flame could be |
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| Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon |
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With the lady who was going to take off with Pink Floyd =D
*She like the fish eye lens haha! Nice to meet you!!*
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| My favourite balloon hot air inflation photo. check out all the photographers! |
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She's with her Pink Floyd Hot Air Balloon =)
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| HUGE 'Lollipop' dropped on the floor |
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| Selfie with colourful hot air balloons |
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| Everybody is getting bigger together. Spot the smurf balloon! |
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| The first hot air balloon took off after officiate by the VIP in white color shirt |
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| Another balloon taking off soon! |
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Fish eye view of the hot air balloons @ Putrajaya
TuneTalk balloon far far away |
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You must have a selfie with all the hot air balloons!
*again, fish eye lens rock!* |
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| Good lens for family portrait with awesome background too |
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After all the balloons took off, we then head over to the tethered hot air ballon ride counter at BLUE ZONE. The weather was really hot so remember to bring your own drinking water. I even saw new married bride and groom taking photo too.
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| Show off the tickets!! |
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Long queue to get on the ~ 5 minutes hot air balloons ride
Make sure total weight don't exceed 200kg as the balloon won't able to float you up! |
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| A very cheeky hot air balloon spotted from far |
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| Tired of waiting |
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| Business loss |
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| Morning sunshine =) |
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| People help people |
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| The height that you will be floating on air with the tethered hot air balloon |
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| The three balloons that you can choose to ride on |
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| Exciting + Nervous faces before the ride |
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| Selfie again as this will be my first time taking a hot air balloon ride haha |
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| Taking turns to climb into the hot air balloon |
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| Fish Eye say hi to Michelin |
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| A final picture after the hot air balloon ride |
How does it feel to be on a hot air balloon?
Actually I would love to take a hot air balloon ride that will take off and travel to somewhere else. BUT this is a good start and training if you are afraid of height. It really depends on weather if you wanna take this air-ride. The wind was strong and you might get dizzy (I saw kid vomitted), we bounced twice because of the strong force and that gave us extra time on the ride hahaha.
Remember to ask the hot air balloon pilot to take you to the highest point so that your RM20 worth it. I did that and asked the pilot to say hi to my video in return. I was risking my camera by holding it on a tripod outside of the seat, the pilot was very worried that I might drop it down hahaha.
In the end, we all survived and I really wanna share the video with you all asap but it was really tired after half day doing these activities.
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| Thanks to the Mountain Dew couple who gave us free drinks!! |
I forgot their name but the Malay lady on the right can speak Chinese!! Yay Malaysia Boleh!! Hopefully I can snap couple photos for you both in future ya hurray!
PS: Stay tuned on my YouTube Channel for the awesome Hot Air Balloons video! Do you have any recommended local music to be featured on my video? yes you may decide the song of my video! Comment below~
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