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Day 10, Balloon Ride

March 16, 2009

5 am - Boat across the Nile to the west bank of Luxor (Thebes)

And here we are! Balloon time!

We've been up since 3:30 am. This is quite the long day.

But it's totally worth it

In our balloon. It holds 16 people plus the pilot

There are a lot of balloon pictures

You don't want to know how many I actually took

The Valley of the Kings is on the other side of the mountain

Ballooning at sunrise is the thing to do!

Matt with the Ramesseum behind him

It's the remains of the mortuary temple of Ramses II

Enjoying the view

Sunrise is starting

Another balloon over some houses

Lots and lots of balloons

I'm here in a balloon!

Sunrise

Lots of houses amidst the ruins

Shot of both of us in the balloon

Trying to get a good sunrise pic...

I'm not entirely sure what this is, but it looks cool

Balloon heading off toward the Valley of the Kings

There's a clear line between desert and grass

Houses on the west bank

Grassy on this side

Matt watching the sun rise

Here you can see desert, grass, the Nile, and Luxor

More balloons

I'm running out of good balloon captions

You can see inside some people's houses

Heading south...

Seriously, you can see in their houses

Our balloon looked just like that one

Our pilot had a cute little pilot's uniform on

Landing soon...

What's in this house?

See our reflexion?

The balloon next to us coming down

And they're able to get us down safely too

Matt with some children on their way to school

Colossi of Memnon