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