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Hot Air Balloon Ride over the Sahara & the Nile

October 30, 2010 by Dave6 Comments

Started the day bright and early with a hot air balloon ride above the never ending sands of the Sahara and the bright greeness of the water rich Nile River valley. Temps were already in the upper 20’s at 530am. It was going to be yet another hot day. Arriving to the “balloon field” we spotted about 25 balloons in various stages of setup and groups of people milling about. With 32 people in our basket we were supported by the largest commercial balloon on the planet.

We quickly rose to an elevation of about 3000 feet and from this height we could easily look into the Valley of the Kings, quickly spotted both the Luxor and Karnak temples as well as all the entrances to the ancient tombs which dot the hillsides.

We landed in the middle of a corn field and soon were surrounded by excited children who we spotted running towards the shadow while we were still up in the air. They ran up to us once we jumped out of the basket and kept asking for food over and over again in multiple languages. Someone pulled out a sandwich and they started fighting each other. This reminded me of the time in East Africa when we pulled out crackers and the children started fighting each other and then mobbed us with the end result being the crackers became crumbs trampled into the ground and no one got anything to eat.

Here’s a quick video we put together (no that train ride in the video is not Moscow to Beijing but rather overnight from Cairo to Luxor 🙂

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Filed Under: Africa · Tagged: Africa, Beijing, Food and Wine, Hot Air Balloon, Luxor, Moscow, Nile River, Valley of the Kings

Comments

  1. lily riani says

    October 30, 2010 at 11:32 am

    that is one thing i wanna try if i have the chance to visit egypt again.

  2. David says

    October 30, 2010 at 2:59 pm

    Lily – yea I’ll never look at European buildings in the same light after visiting Egypt. History is all relative and the history here is deep.

    You have a nice blog btw 🙂

  3. Loveleng says

    October 31, 2010 at 2:09 pm

    Thanks Dave for the visit and for follow…Your site was far more wonderful than mine as if i already travel the world hehehe…Thanks again and God Bless.

  4. Úrsula Avner says

    October 31, 2010 at 10:49 pm

    Hi Dave,

    thank you for your visit and follow my poetry blogs. A big hug.

    Úrsula Avner

  5. lila says

    November 5, 2010 at 8:45 am

    fantastic blog …great to be able to see inside these places before visiting them!
    fabulous!

  6. cristine lima says

    November 23, 2010 at 10:27 pm

    Hi Dave,
    I liked your blog very much. I enjoy myself traveling a lot and it seems that we are in those places.

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