I was so excited and ecstatic when our colleague, Cris Yalung, invited us to Pampanga for the annual hot air balloon festival. Based on the photos I've seen, this kind of event is grand and it attracts a huge volume of tourists. And when we were invited by Cris, I don't remember having a second thought.
We traveled from Manila to Pampanga the night before and we slept in the house of Cris. We were honored and thankful because of the warm welcome the family of Cris showed to us. And before daybreak the following day, we were on our way to Clark Freeport to attend the said event.
It was past six in the morning when we arrived at Clark field. We thought that six o'clock in the morning would be an ideal time to find a good spot in this event. To our surprise, the field was already crowded. Young and old alike were coming from different directions. At this particular time of the day, it was like a grand fiesta already.
We squeezed ourselves with the growing crowd and tried to find the end of the line to secure our tickets. It was a bit funny because when Raul and Cha finally found the end of the line, it was almost near the ticket both but the line had its twists and turns. As the couple patiently queued for our tickets, I had some time to wander around. Together with the waiting crowd, we were actually excited every time an air balloon starts to lift and made its way up to the sky. We hardly noticed that it took us more than an hour to secure our tickets because of the balloons that went up from time to time.
When we finally had our tickets, we were so eager to rush inside the venue. The moment we entered the enclosed grounds, we were a bit puzzled about the crowd that was going against our way.We found out later on that all hot air balloons had already left the ground except for the remaining three hot air balloons that were tied by ropes to the ground.
We wandered around, trying to find out what we were suppose to do because there were no more hot air balloons taking off at this particular time. After some time, we found out that the remaining three hot air balloons were accommodating visitors like us to experience a ride, at a minimal cost and only several meters above the ground. And so Cha fall in line in our behalf while we explore the place further.
It was past six in the morning when we arrived at Clark field. We thought that six o'clock in the morning would be an ideal time to find a good spot in this event. To our surprise, the field was already crowded. Young and old alike were coming from different directions. At this particular time of the day, it was like a grand fiesta already.
We squeezed ourselves with the growing crowd and tried to find the end of the line to secure our tickets. It was a bit funny because when Raul and Cha finally found the end of the line, it was almost near the ticket both but the line had its twists and turns. As the couple patiently queued for our tickets, I had some time to wander around. Together with the waiting crowd, we were actually excited every time an air balloon starts to lift and made its way up to the sky. We hardly noticed that it took us more than an hour to secure our tickets because of the balloons that went up from time to time.When we finally had our tickets, we were so eager to rush inside the venue. The moment we entered the enclosed grounds, we were a bit puzzled about the crowd that was going against our way.We found out later on that all hot air balloons had already left the ground except for the remaining three hot air balloons that were tied by ropes to the ground.
We wandered around, trying to find out what we were suppose to do because there were no more hot air balloons taking off at this particular time. After some time, we found out that the remaining three hot air balloons were accommodating visitors like us to experience a ride, at a minimal cost and only several meters above the ground. And so Cha fall in line in our behalf while we explore the place further.
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