Out & About : yEn: Hot Air Balloon, Putrajaya

Bila tengok kak kasihredha naik hot air balloon kat Cappadocia, Turkey, teringat plak masa 2nd Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2010. Masa last year, hajat nak bwk anak2 pi tak kesampaian coz I was in Korea. On 21st evening tu (sunday, last day of the fiesta), landed kat KLIA jer trus ke playground at Cyberjaya (near my sister’s house). Dpt le juga tengok those balloons on the air. Budak2 pun seronok. That was back in 2009.

So this year, memang dah plan macam mana pun kena pi bwk jugak tgk belon. Unfortunately, hubby ada kerja plak. But still we made our way there. We went on Friday, 19 March, weekday, so kena amik cuti.

aqid, abang harith n hazeem..

we bought breakfast, makan kat parking area.. ala2 picnic gitu..

tgh mkn, belon pun start naik.. budak2 dah tak sabar...

We went to look for the ticket counter (utk naik belon). Awat tak de org queue pun.. La rupanya tiket sold out. Ada sorang mamat ni ckp dia tunggu since 6.00 am nak beli tiket punya pasal... Waduh.. awal giler.. patut tiket abis.. Frustnya.. takpa kita pi balik queue tghari nanti..

Sementara tu, ada jugak aktiviti lain, as follows..

orbing ball..

This is what you call zorbing. Bola besar, then kita dok kat kerusi dlm bola tu, pas tu nanti dia golekkan turun bukit. 1st time I tgk benda ni masa The Amazing Race kat New Zealand about 3 4 years back. Tapi ada air skit dlmnya, yg ni kering je. Wah dah ada kat M'sia. Ini sudah bagus. I really wanted to try, unfortunately takdak org nak teman plak.. frust lagi.. hu hu..

water orb..

Yang ni, I memang tak mau naik.. Maklum la heavy weight skit.. Mau separuh bola tu masuk air.. Nasib ibuteh nak temankan Harith. Gambar atas - mereka tengah berhempas pulas nak tolak bola to the middle. Jenuh gak tu..

Selain tu ada jugak go kart, basikal yang kecik tu, face painting, sand art for kids, lagi dah tak ingat. Habis jalan2, went back to my sister's house, kasi rehat sama budak2 dulu. In the same time, I asked my brother to start queueing after the Fiday prayer. Counter will only opens at 4.00 pm. Pukul 2.30 dah start beratur.. At last dapat jugak.. best..best..

hours of queue, just for this one particular thing..

While waiting for the 6.00 pm ride, we went to see balloons by the participating countries dilepaskan ke udara.. Antara yg I sempat snap (compact jer)..

Germany

France

USA

not sure from which country..

Belgium.. the other side bentuk an orange cut into 2..

favourite shot.. elok je belon dok atas tiang lampu..

5.00 pm - the rest have started making a line. Come to 6.00 pm, angin bertiup kuat.. Belon tengah dok elok tegak dan jadik condong. Babak-babak mencemaskan..

api dah menyala.. takut belon terbakar..

mereka berhempas pulas menjatuhkan belon.. supaya tak ditiup angin lagi..

ramai datang membantu.. kami tengok je la..

in the same time, ruang angkasa dipenuhi para gliders..

Dah dekat pukul 8, at last dia kata we have to cancel the balloon ride this evening, since the weather is not ok. Haaa.. tunggu punya la lama ni dapatnya.. memang frust gila.. especially the kids.. Even tho belon naik tak tinggi (10 -15 kaki), but still they want to experience the ride.. Takkan nak datang esok lusa lagi.. Penat seh...

Then I told them.. "ok tak dapat naik belon, naik bakulnya pun ok gak.. nanti balik rumah ibu sambungkan gambar belon atas bakul nih"....