Balloon Rides

... of Fethiye and a final free wheel back in Istanbul. In the midst of all this exploration there will be hot-air balloon rides, paragliding, turkish baths, mad-skillz shopping, and of course adventurous eating. Ahh, the food! I am so looking forward ...

... , with the next king.  Subsequent kings were Buddhist and they had the carving changed from Hindu to Buddhist. Then took a hot air balloon ride-thankfully the balloon was tethered to the ground but it still went quite high and included a great view ...

... . Due to the winds and to punish the balloon companies (it only happened with one, but they chose to punish them all) all balloon rides were cancelled for two weeks. Like I said, this happened about 2 days before my arrival. It ended up being fine though ...

... the maker and district of the balloons in Myanmar language. That was just the first one! Straight after we noticed another balloon nearing completion and raced over to see the action unfold. Unfortunately it had come across trouble towards the end and ...

... began to fly all over the place as we slammed into a concrete water drain giving everyone a back jolting. Finally after clutching the balloon and holding on for dear life we came to a halt with the balloon basket tipped over and people piled on top of ...

... experiences on our RV trip. Today definitely ranks in the top five. We left this morning around 5am to go on a hot air balloon ride. The entire experience was amazing.. We got to help with inflating the balloon and then took off over wine country. The ...

... "launched" by the person behind you as high as you possibly can in order to grab a straw horse's tail that is hanging from a balloon impossibly high up in the air. It was pretty crazy watching these kids launch each other. I thought for sure we were going ...

I actually got 8 hours of sleep for the first time in weeks! we got up at 4:30 to take a boat across the  Nile to the balloon launch pad. We took a balloon ride over the west bank and got some great arial photos. Then we visited Valley of the Kings ...

... from all over the region come in their ethnic costumes. After the parade, we went out to the festival grounds to see the balloon launches. These are paper balloons in all different shapes. They are judged on how far up they rise (paper, fire inside- ...

... these horrid angry growls that would have sent any human female running for her life. He also blew his tongue up like a balloon, and I guess I can see how THAT would turn a female on, despite the disgusting growls. (Don't believe me? Check it out: ...

... landing! We assumed that since this in Arturo's business that he had tons of experience in everything that has to do with hot air balloon rides, but it turns out that he did not pick the best landing spot. We landed in a field of wild flowers or ...

... hearts to see the little kids running and begging like that for food. We have soo much that we can travel and take hot air balloon rides and these kids don't even have enough to eat. It was really heart breaking and really made us feel helpless. It really ...

... us did as he told. When we were out, he offered us champagne and muffins. It seems it's a custom to have champagne after balloon rides. There were a few old tractors near the ground where we descended and we all took seats in them to pose for ...

... day very early Thursday morning, waking up at 5:30, and then got picked up at our hotel at 5:50 for our hot air balloon ride. Balloon rides are very popular in this area due to the beautiful views, so we decided to splurge and do it. And we figured while ...

... though. For a few hours in the middle of the day it's nice and warm but first thing in the morning when they do the balloon rides it's nearly freezing! I was stood next to the burner in the middle of the balloon's basket to make the most of the heat of ...

... drive to Boulder so we could go on a hot air balloon ride starting at 5:45 a.m. (We had confirmed with Fair Winds Hot Air Balloon Rides yesterday while we were resting at Nymph Lake it is hard to believe that we had signal in the middle of the mountains, ...

... views of the surrounding mountains from the top of the hills there. One of the activities that looked like fun was the hot air balloon rides over the surrounding area. However, $250 each for a one hour ride was just not in our budget. Julius promised ...

... rides and didn’t think it was worth shelling out $300 for it. However, in the high season (Oct. – Mar.) they have balloon rides in Bagan and I must say I would shell out the money for it here, unfortunately it’s July and I have $300 ...