Cappadocia Balloon Flight

Trip Start May 20, 2008

Trip End Sep 15, 2008

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Flag of Turkey Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey
Saturday, June 7, 2008

6/7 Words can't describe what a wonderful experience this was so I'll just share my favorite photos.

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16 people tightly packed in my basket	2nd most popular balloon location after Serengeti	Amazing to see so many balloons getting ready	Amazing views of what we had seen from ground
Area not really this green;extremely dry	Balloon opens up to help deflate it	Balloons aloft over Cappadocia	Balloons started popping up everywhere
Beautiful sunrise greeted us	Cavusin we had visited the day before	Champagne toast celebrates awesome experience!	Co. set record recently w/36 people in basket
Could see for miles and miles	Enjoyed checking out different balloon designs	Enjoyed watching other balloons	Final inflation step is to turn up the heat
First balloon to start deflating	First rays of light were magnificent!	First successful landings	Fly in morning since winds tend to be lighter
Friends had great vantage point for our take-off	Geologic contrasts more evident from above	Geological differences were fascinating	Getting air out just like air mattress
Glad overnight rain was clearing out	Guys disconnect basket from balloon	Guys trying to keep us from blowing off flatbed	Had looked forward to this since 1st trip plans
Hardest part was getting in and out;no door	Have no idea where the rope came from	High powered fan opened up balloons	I counted 35 balloons up during my flight!
I just took pictures non-stop	I kept checking for any holes	I think this looks like fake or like postcard	I won't say how much this cost, but worth it
Incredibly peaceful while in flight	Interesting perspective of fairy chimney	Interesting to watch process of packing up	Liked different perspective with this photo
Looks like Grand Canyon in the distance	Most of my basket was German	Much easier to see fairy chimneys from above	My balloon looked just like this one
My pick-up was 4:45am;aloft about 6am	Neat to see helium being unleashed	Nice grouping of fairy chimneys	Once we lifted off we could see many balloons
Our pilot also was aircraft pilot;Russian I think	Our site had 4 balloons going up	Perfect fairy chimneys at bottom	Pilot controls altitude;wind controls direction
Pilot properly helping lady exit basket	Pilot tries to land on flatbed trailer	Pilot trying to maneuver our landing	Pretty but no idea what it says
Really had wonderful experience	Ride was incredibly smooth;always stand up	Sad to see the trip ending but glad I did it	Scary skies made way for beautiful,clear morning
Set-up process took about 30 minutes	Special 3 month training to be balloon pilot	Stark divide between mtns and farmland	Stayed low most of the time for up close view
Terrific experience and so memorable! Comments!	This is about as high as we got	This just seemed so sad	This looks like a wintertime scene
This one was trying to hide I think	Thought this balloon might hit us as it took off	Took hundreds of photos;these are just a sample	Traditional Muslim women often seen working fields
Turkey self-sufficient agriculturally;1of only 7	Unique way to see fairy chimneys	Valleys usually cultivated;grapes&veggies often	Very cool to look straight up into balloon
We got to see entire set-up process	What must inhabited cave houses been like?	Where did their basket go?	Wouldn't balloon pilot be a cool job?

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mmp on

hot air
We're enjoying your trip. Your balloon photos are great! I wish I had your nerve (and your money).

M, D, and Charlie

gerry on

please reply to ..................gerry_tom@hotmail.com..........I am intertested in balloon pilot training or higher....but cannot get to your website ....please send details. Gerry

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