Album: Balloon Ride

     Album:2017:01-06 Bagan-Burma:Balloon Ride

Ron and Linda had just been to Bagan shortly before us and missed out on taking a balloon ride over the city, so they generously gave us a balloon ride as a wedding present. It was amazing.
This is us,
in a balloon. ( comments)
Early early early morning,
breakfast before the ride. ( comments)
Start inflating the balloons,
with big fans ( comments)
And they rise..
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To scale
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Balloons in the field,
preparing to loft away ( comments)
Filling..
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Then the fire
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Balloon liftoff!
(and my failed attempt to look like I'm shooting fire out of my hands) [Video, 466.3M] ( comments)
Charlie succeeds at shooting fire.
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Happy wife
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Happy couple
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We take off!
[Video, 156M] ( comments)
Shiny wife,
looking at the take off ( comments)
Balloons rise to the sky
as the sun rises. ( comments)
Floating across the farms and temples
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The sun
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So many temples,
this big one not on any main roads ( comments)
Happy Dave
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Floating over the villages
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Zoom in on this photo
and start counting temples ( comments)
Looking down at the secluded temple,
only accessible by a dirt path. ( comments)
Count the temples
[panorama] ( comments)
Happy us
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The world..
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The balloons..
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Filling the sky
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And then a huge slew of more temples
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Endless
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Mass of temples
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The golden Shwezigon Pagoda
(just below and to the right of the balloon) ( comments)
Temples
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A video showing the view in all directions
[Video, 270.3M] ( comments)
A pan from the previous video
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Temples and balloons
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Amazing
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Another hidden temple
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Looking up the way
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The golden Shwezigon Pagoda
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Wow
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And wow..
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We fly over the Shwezigon
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It has a construction bubble around it
that makes the dome look out of focus. ( comments)
Balloons in the mist
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Video looking right down
at the Shwezigon, then off into the distance [Video, 127.5M] ( comments)
The villages
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We land...
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Back to the hotel!
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Album created by album tool a MarginalHack by Dave on Fri Nov 11 20:47:34 2022