1st Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2009

The 1st Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2009 was co-organised by Malaysian Sport Aviation Federation (MSAF) and AKA Balloon Sdn Bhd on the 19th until 22nd of March. I got to know this event from a friend and we went there to have a look on Saturday evening.


The fiesta was made merrier by activities such as bazaar, carnival, promo booths, kite-flying, para-motor and aero-model exhibiton. And of course, the main attraction was at the ‘Monumen Alaf Baru’, Precinct 2, where the hot air balloons would take off. There were 16 balloons participating in the fiesta, coming from all around the world, included New Zealand, Netherlands, Japan, USA, France, Philippines, Switzerland, Belgium and not forgetting - MALAYSIA!

The hot air balloons came in standard shaped and special shaped such as orange, peacock, clown face, elephant and nescafe mug!! We waited for more than an hour before the take off of the first hot air balloon as the flight of the balloons was delayed due to the windy weather. Fortunately, the event was continued although it was still windy. Thanks to the balloon pilots!!







*** The yellow balloon was from MALAYSIA ***


Below are photos I got from some other websites (we left before these were released up into the sky)



There was also a special performance namely "Night Glow" on Saturday night where the balloons would 'fire up' according to the rhythm of music (we didn't managed to see this as well T.T). The picture below I found in someone's blog. =)

A video I found from youtube on the "Night Glow" ^_^


Although we missed out the cute shaped balloons and the Night Glow special performance but still, it's an enjoyable outing at Putrajaya last Saturday (I abandoned my FYP to come to see the balloons!!! =p)

I WANT TO RIDE IN A HOT AIR BALLOON ONE DAY IN THE FUTURE!!!