The above webcast is of the 2011 International Kite Festival at Pasir Gudang, Johor Bahru. The 2012 festival, will run from February 15th to February 19th and is the 17th year the kite fair has been held. This looks like quite an enjoyable event.
Their web site says that last year over 180 international kite flyers from 25 countries came to Pasir Gudang. It also say 100,000 spectators cheer the opening ceremony. That number seems amazing to me. The web site also offers a schedule of events.
There is also a Kite Museum.
I am pretty sure the taxi rate they list on the festival web site it out of date (it would be more now). If you know the buses that can be taken from JB Sentral to Pasir Gudang, please add a comment?
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I am not sure about bus to go direct to pasir gudang. My suggestion is you can hop on bus from jb central to masai bus station. Then take another bus go to komplek pasir gudang. Then from there can take a cheaper taxi to go to the kite site. I used to do that when i work in pasir gudang some time ago.
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