Hot Air Balloon Fiesta – Clark, Angeles

visited February 2010

Notes from the Author. My friend and I recently went to the Hot Air Balloon Fiesta at Clark Freeport Zone, Angeles City, Pampanga. The Hot Air Balloon Fiesta is held once a year. This year was my first time to go and it was a smash! There was a big crowd doing the same thing we’re doing – taking lots and lots of pictures. (Didn’t know that a lot of Filipinos are fascinated by Hot Air Balloons.)

Hot Airballooners up in the sky. I was able to shoot this with a Panasonic Lumix 12x zoom.

Fancy Hot A ir Balloons – Turtle, Barnhouse, Sun. (The turtle was my favorite!)

Flight of the balloons at sunrise. (We had to wake up at 4:30 am and be at the site by 5:30am for the balloon flight. But it was all worth it. )

Balloons dispersing in the early morning sky at the Clark Airbase, Angeles City.

Taken at around 6:30 pm, almost dusk. This is what they call the Hot Air Balloon Night Glow.

The event started with a man parachuting while carrying the Philippine flag with the Philippine National Anthem being played in the background.

Aside from the Air Balloon Flights, the 4- day event was packed with other activities such as the Paragliding exhibition, Ultralight Aircraft Flyby, Kite flying, Skydiving exhibition, Aerobatic display and many more.

www.philballoonfest.net

The Ayala Triangle Courtyard

Notes from the Author.   There’s a new park in Paseo de Roxas corner Makati Ave.  Actually, it is not really  new as the park has been there for a long time, but it was not developed until recently.  So now, the park was given a facelift, and  it’s now known as the Ayala Triangle Courtyard.  The nice thing about this park is it’s WIFI-ready, so you can  relax in the park while you surf the net.  

I haven’t seen the park at night time, but they say that it’s pretty with all the lights.

The Ayala Triangle Courtyard is adjacent to or the back of   the Ayala Stock Exchange building