Early morning of February 11 found us cruising along North Luzon Expressway, trying to beat the sunrise. We were on our way to the Hot air balloon festival in Clark Field. It was my first time to see the festival so I was definitely excited.
However, the traffic going to the venue itself was so heavy that it took us longer
going from Clark entrance to the field than the whole trip from Edsa to Clark. We ended up watching the balloons from the distance, but there was so much more to see in the festival. |
| For a certain fee, you can have your pictures taken with this enormous kite |
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| Others seemed to have spent the night in the field |
There was a showcase of military arms, tanks and planes. You can actually have your pictures taken inside the aircraft.
There were kites everywhere!
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| Kites all around |
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Oh yes, Nemo can fly =)  |
People were lining up to buy their own kites
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| Kites sell at P150 and up depending on design |
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| Yup. That's our kite up there |
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Even this kid wants to fly her own kite
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The stalls were selling all kinds of balloon lamps, souvenir shirts, bags.
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Scenes from the festival
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Paragliding
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The night almost witnessed the Night Glow. This was supposed to be the time the balloons take flight as it glow in the night. But the wind would not cooperate. It was stronger than what was required and kept deflating the balloons.
Amidst the crowd's sad and disappointed "oh", we had to settle ourselves with watching Pampanga's giant lantern light show. Good thing I was able to catch a few shots of what-would-have-been.
Definitely a festival I want to visit again. I believe it will be a yearly tradition from now on =)
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