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| Sunrise on the Maasai Mara from the balloon. |
Clinic day off. William arranged for us a balloon ride! It was kinda a done deal last Monday when he made reservations with the "Hot Air Balloon Company", catchy title. We didn't know what we had committed to financially until we pulled out our credit card balloon-side this morining.
The day started with a pickup-up at 4;30 for the drive to the ascent location. We stopped at another tented-resort to pick up a couple from Portugal. 15 of us were in the balloon and going up at 6:30. 13 guests, the pilot, David, and a worker who was 'ballast" since there was an odd number of guests.
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First, the balloon is filled by two fans with ambient air, then they kick in the
burner for, maybe 10 seconds, and this monster starts to rise! |
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| David, a great pilot, we went up, down, left, right and rotated. Quite a pilot. |
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| Topis |
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| Our shadow and zebras |
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| Ostrich 'herd/flock/ |
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| Another balloon in the distance, that's what we look like! |
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| Amazing diversity! |
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| The animals either don't care for the noise of the balloon's gas burner or our shadow! |
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| Zebras by the thousands, rare for this time of year, they aren't sure where they all came from! |
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| An amazing morning! |
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