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A Beautiful Sunday At The 22nd Philippine Hot Air Balloon Festival

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        heart-shaped hot air balloon        It suddenly came to my mind how I always wanted to see a real hot air balloon. It's February and I thought there's annual hot balloon festival usually held in Pampanga-I decided I will go. sunrise at Clark Field, Pampanga       The Philippine International Hot Air Balloon this year was in its 22nd year. It was held at Clark Field, Pampanga. And as its tagline "everything that flies" says, the festival is a showcase not only of hot air balloon but also aircrafts including FA-50 of the Philippine Air Force and vintage design biplane and air acrobatic shows from skydivers and paragliders.  uniquely shaped hot air balloon         The Philippine Air Force's 2 FA-50 grace the event and exhibited the aircrafts might for a total of 8 passages, the most number of times in the festival's history. As mentioned previously, the festival also featured paragliders that made several stunts up in the air like
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Coron: The Gateway to Wonders of Palawan

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View from top of the mouth of Kayangan Lake Day 1-Town of Coron        Coron is a municipality located northeast of the province of Palawan. Coron comprises eastern half of Busuanga Island, Coron Island and other 50 minor islets. Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific and Skyjet offer flights from several cities to Busuanga Airport. The town is about thirty minutes travel by land from Busuanga Airport. You can also opt a ferry from Manila or Batangas Port to Coron.  We flew Cebu Pacific on our visit last October.         local woman attending to her sun-dried anchovies (c) Wen Liu    Coron was originally inhabited by Tagbanua, Calmiananen and Cuyonon tribes. This island group boasts serene beaches and lagoons, hot spring, awesome diving sites, and the probably the cleanest lakes you'll ever see in your life.    The town is quite small and it's easy to get around. Our flights were early Saturday morning and ahead of its schedules. Tourist usually a van to
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