Egypt: Day 7
September 22, 2022
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Day 7 was our last touring day, and by far our busiest. It started nice and early, with a 3:15 a.m. wake up call for a sunrise air balloon ride in west Luxor by the Nile River
and the Valley of the Kings. An optional tour, but one where everyone who went were quite happy they did. Our balloon was the first up out of 32 air balloons offered by 8 local companies.
The ride was about 40 minutes long, and ended in a farmer's field a few kilometres from where we started.
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Above: The group gets in a boat on the east side of the Nile River to motor across to the west side to the van awaiting us.
1 Marion and Ian in the boat going across the Nile.
2 and 3 shows the group arriving in tne air balloon field, the sun thinking about rising in a little while.
4 to 8 show the workers blowing up our balloon, and the balloons around it.
9 and 10 show Leslie and Alex in the basket, and Ian and Marion joining them.
11 shows several balloons up and getting ready to take off.
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