Today is an easier day as we have completed the hard yards . We awoke to the loud noise of the air ballon flame thrower very close to us. We looked out the door and all around us were balloons we had flown with hovering above us . They were so close we could see the people’s faces.It made for a spectacular wake up call. The first thing we went to see was a place called love valley . The name comes from the shape of the rocks that have been shaped through wind...

The phone rings ,it’s 4.30 am . Get up ,get dressed, get on the bus. Going to the take off stop to go ballooning . The driver seems intent on making it a long drive as he goes in and out of other peoples lift off area and is not finding ours. He tried at least 5 and then by magic a sparkle hit his eye and he found our base. Watching the men perform their task to get us in the air was a spectacle in it self, then we are in the basket. The pilot now does the saf...

Today’s blog is a picture blog as most of the day was spent driving ,flying then driving again. Will have more stories tomorrow.