Filling the Balloon with hot air

Luxor - Hot Air Balloon and first day on our Nile Boat

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September 8th 2008
Finally back with an internet connection, both the Nile boat and the Lake Nasser Boat did not have connections available. Monday 8th September This morning we were picked up from the hotel at 4.30 to take our balloon ride. We travelled across the Nile by small boat to the West Bank and then had a short drive to the site. We had made a deal the night before with our sunset felucca skipper ... read more

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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more