Team Italy Fireworks

Here is a shot (click on it for a larger view) of Italy's opening sequence last Saturday at the same venue as the rest of the competition... @ Putrajaya International Convention Center (PICC, pictured right):

In my personal opinion, Australia's seem to create more crash, boom, bang compared to Italy's. However, I was nearer to the Australian fireworks display compared to Italy's. The louder and bigger fireworks from a nearer view probably affected my judgement.

Still, the Italian fireworks display was some of the best compared to the typical ones we were exposed to during National Day and New Year countdowns.

The sad part was after the fireworks. The jam was horrible. I went with a friend and we were stuck in a jam for over an hour JUST to get out of Putrajaya. These few nights would probably be THE time where our administration capital receive the most visitors. Something that the tourism ministry would brag about later with some statistics...

The Italian fireworks display would be my last live view as I would not be around for Japan's (tomorrow night, 30 August 2007 @ 10pm) and the grand closing finale (Sunday night, 2 September 2007 @ 10pm). Blessing that I would not be stuck in any more of these jams but then I won't be able to witness some of the greatest fireworks. Hope this will be a yearly event considering the success we see from afar. Not sure if the paying guests in PICC will have the same opinion, though.

Other related posts in this blog are here, here, here and here.

Update 11:09pm:
Some advice about TRAFFIC JAM in Putrajaya for the upcoming fireworks and National Day celebrations here: "Putrajaya to experience its first massive jam"