Night at Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2013

We reached Seri Wawasan Bridge at Precinct 2 at around 8:30 p.m., hoping for a better view of the Night Glowing and Fireworks show. We didn't go into the carnival site anymore as we have been there in the morning. We were lucky as there was not many people there, and we successfully secured a good location for the show. Scheduled at 9 p.m., the show started only at 9:20 p.m. The show last around 20 minutes, ending with the fireworks. We would like to share our photos taken with all of you.

Seri Wawasan Bridge at night. Nicely illuminated.

As we were early, we have some time to spare on beautiful night scenery at Putrajaya.

The fiesta site from the bridge.

Hot air balloons "glowed" in the dark.

The big cat looks attractive in the middle of the darkness.

Fireworks started on the other side of the lake and last for less than 5 minutes.

Cold colour fireworks.

The finale.

The "meteor shower" marked the end of the show.

If you are interested to read about our sharing on the day time at the fiesta, please visit Day at Putrajaya International Hot Balloon Fiesta 2013. You can read more on other attractions in Putrajaya as well through links below.

[Day at Putrajaya International Hot Balloon Fiesta 2013]

[Agriculture Heritage Park] [Putrajaya Botanical Garden] [Perdana Park]

[Wawasan Park] [Ministry Precincts] [Floria 2010]

[All Our Destinations]

Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2013

Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta has entered its fifth anniversary. Well, the fiesta is now becoming an important carnival for the people around Klang Valley. For 2013, the carnival has attracted about 18 balloonists cross four continents. Previous experience, either be early, or be late. The weather in the middle of the day is a big spoiler.

This year, we went on sunrise. We reached at Putrajaya Precinct 2 fiesta site at around 8 a.m. It sounds crazy on a beautiful Saturday morning, but really, we were not among the earliest. Crowd was gathering, a thousand of them, maybe more. We were lucky to find a car park some 100 meters away from the main exhibition area. Well, car park should be ample, but if you come late (say in the evening), you might need to park your car half a kilometer away. There were 5 zones- blue, yellow, red, purple and green, assigned to the exhibition of hot air balloons, helicopter ride and bazaar area, corporate area, food and beverages area, and the extreme zone respectively. We started from the blue zone- the balloons!

Different zones of the site. Detail information is available at Official site of Putrajaya Hot Air Balloon Fiesta .

8:15 a.m. visitors are waiting for their turn to board into the hot air balloons. The fee is RM25 for a ride of 5 - 10 minutes.

Our photo with the hot air balloons.

More photos with the balloons. By the way, we went to the fiesta with Kelly. She helped us a lot in taking our photos :)

Cute Cat Balloon. We saw this balloon last year too.

X'treme sports at Green Zone.

9 a.m. We need to pass through the crowd in order to move forward. Monument Alaf Baru can be seen far behind.

The para-motor show started when we were strolling around Green Zone. It was a good place to watch the show, as the para-motors were encircling Monument Alaf Baru.

Different formation of para-motors.

We went for our breakfast around 9:15 a.m. It was hard to find a place to sit. We were not the early birds...

However, the thumbs up, the price for the local food stalls were really reasonable. In fact, we should use the word "cheap" compare to other international carnivals. Local food was available at Purple Zone.

Franchais food stalls such as KFC, Ayamas, Sushi King, A&W, and Pizza Hut were available at Red Zone. 

Some information about Hot Air Balloon Fiesta. It was held on 28th - 31st March. The entrance was free. The weather, warm in the morning and evening, hot and humid on the rest of the day. The easiest way to go to the carnival site at Precinct 2 is by car. Alternatively, you can take KLIA ERL to Putrajaya Central, then hoop into Nadi Putrajaya Bus (bus no 301, 601, 701). The bus will bring you to the carnival site. The site was really big. So a comfortable footwear might be necessary. Drinking water, sunblock, umbrella are necessary in case you are going to the site in the afternoon. Are we going to visit the fiesta again next year? Why not, if we have a Saturday with nothing official to do?

On our way back to the car park, we can see more and more people were coming to the fiesta (right). Well, if you missed a balloon ride, maybe you can buy a balloon from the vendors by the road. :)

By the way, we went back to the carnival site around 8:30 p.m. to watch the Night Glow and fireworks showed. Follow us to see our photos now.

Other places nearby Putrajaya:

[Night at International Hot Balloon Fiesta 2013]

[Agriculture Heritage Park] [Putrajaya Botanical Garden] [Perdana Park]

[Wawasan Park] [Ministry Precincts] [Floria 2010]

[All Our Destinations]

Nice Food in Kampar

Finally we have the chance to stay overnight at Kampar again. Of course, earned the opportunity to try more nice food in Kampar. First in our list, the famous curry chicken bread. We learned that there are a few famous restaurants offering the same dish. Kam Ling Restaurant and You Kee Restaurant are two of them. However, we tried that dish at Restaurant Jia Kampar (家好月圆大饭店）. We really liked that restaurant, because it was fully air conditioned, good service, and easily accessible. Above all, very nice food. We took our lunch with our family there. The price, around RM12 per person. More information about Restaurant Jia is available here. Surprisingly, curry chicken bread was not introduced in the restaurant's webpage. Luckily, we have Bryant and Livien with us, or else we might never visit that restaurant. They knew the place well.

 Restaurant Jia Kampar is located at the corner of a two-storey shoplot at Masjid Road (upper left). The restaurant is clean and fully air-conditioned (upper right). The restaurant serves the famous Kampar Curry Chicken Bread (lower row).

A snap before enjoy our food with family members.

Evening, after we visited Kellie's Castle and Gopeng Gaharu Estate, we went to Kampar old town's market to take our dinner. At night, the area around the old town was quiet, but we were surprised by the happening at the food court. Under the dim fluorescence light, smoke from burning stools, sound of people talking and laughing indicated that we were at the right place. Hot? Nope, but the smoke was everywhere, due to the poor ventilation system. But, who cares? People like the food more than anything else. We really tried many food there with our family. Char kuey tiaw with clam and egg, chu cheong fun (or chee cheong fun), water spinach with squids, porridge with chicken, and wantan noodle were several of them. The wet market is located at Masjid Road, at the northern side of the old town. We learned from this blog that the market has many nice food to offer under the daylight.

Some of the food that we took at the market- chu cheong fun (upper left), water spinach with squids (upper right), char kuey tiaw with clam and egg (lower right) and taro cake.

This is what we saw around us at the market.

After taking our dinner, we went back to Kampar new town and took a walk around our hotel. Well, the temptation was tremendous, as there were many shops offering tempting food. We stopped at a small cart selling "lok-lok". Lok-lok is nothing new to many. But, how about RM 0.70 per stick of food? Well, price did the talking. We took several sticks of clams, water spinach with squid, and pork. The taste, not the best, but the price compensated. We found the cart at Hala Timah Road 1, west to Grand Kampar Hotel. Anyway, the cart might be moving around so, you might need some luck to find it.

 Various choices of food were offered.

 A few youngsters gathered around the cart, enjoying their supper.

Just before we went back to our hotel, we stopped at Black Ball Taiwanese Tea and Dessert at another side of Hala Timah Road 1. The shop was narrow, selling dessert and milk tea. Nice, but just a bit noisy, crowded with youngsters.

Black ball offers exquisite Taiwanese dessert and delighting Taiwanese pearl tea.

This is the first time we tried so many food in Kampar. The experience, great! Never thought that a small place like Kampar could ever come out with so many nice food. There are many more food in our list. We should visit Kampar again to try them all. Check up about food in Kampar by wyyv.blogspot.com. They provided many useful information to us.

Our sharing on other places nearby are available as well, as listed below.

[Tin Dredge in Batu Gajah] [Kellie's Castle] [Ipoh Old Town]
[Limestone caves in Ipoh] [Ipoh's Food] [Short Stay in Kampar]
[All Our Destinations]