In the past few years, this point in February would be the week after the Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta. We'd be back home and still recovering from the fatigue, and I'd be trying to get my voice back. Not this year, though.
I've been quiet about it, but y'all have no idea how heartbroken I was when I first found out that we couldn't pull off the Fiesta for 2019. I grew up around the Fiesta and I may have only witnessed a small portion of the process leading up to the event, but I can recognize how much of their hearts and souls the organizing team puts into it.
It's more than just 4 whole days of sun exposure, heat, coordination, troubleshooting, etc. We prepped for it months in advance.
Every year, we joke that we would never do it again, but that's a lie. I know I'm not the only one who would do it all again in a heartbeat.
Another year down! The Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta will always be close to my heart, it was an honor lending my voice to the Whole Weekend of Everything That Flies! ✈✈✈ (hint: there's audio!) . . #PIHABF21 #balloonfestph #aviation #eventhost #radiodj #voiceover
21st Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 15.1708422, 120.5617118 #kbartolo #hotairballoonride #pihabf21 #balloonfestph2017 #philippineinternationalhotairballoonfestival (at OMNI Aviation, Clarkfield Pampanga)