Date : 8th August 2009
Day : Saturday
Time : 5pm
Theme : Flora2 Cinta
PESTA FLORA SHOUT!
Time and venue set. This time so sweet group planned to visit Pesta Flora and what attracted us to go there was a hot balloon air ride. I went there with Nick and my niece, Arisha all wearing a floral print clothes. We gathered at Putrajaya Mosque, met Fizah n husband also with nephew, Kak Maz & Family, Kak Intan & Family plus Zety, Kak Ija n Miza. So can you all imagined betapa meriahnya our group.
Our theme.... FLORAL
Pesta Flora held once a year at Putrajaya. Since it was the last week of the exhibition, lots of visitor didn't want to miss the event. Not only Putrajaya dwellers, there were visitors from as far from Penang and Kedah also coming. Even the area was already packed when we reached there, but there was no problem to find parking. Salute to the the organizer for the very systematic of space arrangement. The event area was so spacious and divided into few sections based on the categories.
Our first destination was inside an air conditioner hall, where various type of flower displayed there. Lots of floral lover and photographer didn't want to miss this opportunity to get closer with these flowers.
Cantik bangat....!! I mean the flower :P
One happy family at home!
Outside of this hall, there was a park full with colorfull flowers that made you feel like you’re at oversea, like Paris or Amsterdam. (Berangan jauh tue……….). Since the H1N1 virus is still on the air, everybody was still very conscious about this disease as I saw most of them wore mask. I wondered that the numbers of visitor this year probably also drop slightly due to this virus.
We went to an orchid exhibition directly after took few photos at the park.
There was also a traditional dance performed by student from the primary school nearby.
And bazaar selling souvenirs, foods, plants and lots of things!
It just like we all waited for...... we heard an announcement that the hot air balloons were ready to launch, so anyone who interested to ride can register at the field area beside the car park.
The price for this ride was RM10 per-person and there were 3 balloons that we could pick and one trip would take around 15mins.
By the time we reached there, the line was already long, and we waited almost an hour to get into the balloon.
Tu dia... panjangkan!
Registered......
Berjaya!
If you learned about the hot balloon concept, the gas in the balloon will be heated so that it will become lighter than the ambient air. That will make the balloon floated. But since it almost dusk, the whether become chiller so it's quite difficult to heat the gas which made the balloon couldn't expand fully. In normal condition, 3 adults could have a ride on the balloon but in this new condition plus a bit windy, passenger had been reduced to 2 persons/balloon.
Posing2 sementara menunggu
Finally after lenguh2 kaki menunggu, it was my turn and Zetty. My niece naik balloon with Nick before me...
Dah malam dah time nie...
We got into the basket..
Fire burned to heat the gas inside the baloon..
Slowly, we went up..
When the balloon floated in the air, we were so “gayat” even nak amik gambar pun menggigil2. But I still managed to take a few snaps of Putrajaya's scenery at night.
There were 3 persons dlm balloon tu, us and abg jaga api, tp jangan harapla nak mintak abg tu tolong amik gamba kamikan. Amik sendiri hokey...
Landed safely... Alhamdulillah.
It was really a precious and unforgettable moment for me. 2 hours of waiting versus 15mins of air ride felt like worth it. After the ride, we all were so tired so decided to dismiss and went back to home.
Few photos before went home.
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