Videos of Balloon ride in Luxor, Egypt over the Nile

Here are some videos of our amazing balloon ride in Luxor, sailing over the homes, fields of sugar cane, and the Nile.

The exhileration of lift off!  Cameron says, "it feels like an outdoor plane!"

Here's the link for this video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW7MY8y2fj8

Sunrising with balloons in the sky.  Brandon's take on the balloon ride:  "Definitely better than coffee" in the morning.  Jeff had been reluctant to do the balloon ride but ended up being glad he had.

Here's the link to this video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUqYydSXkHI

A very interesting interview with the pilot of our balloon.  He gives a good overview of the logistics and training of piloting balloons.

Here's a link to this video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fim8ByrxyCs

Here's the real landing.

First landing attempt.  We learned later that the balloon was coming in a little at an angle so the balloon driver decided to go up again and try again for a level landing in the field nearby.  In the background a couple people are discussing how some of the balloons, though not ours, had gone over the Valley of the Kings.  Ours went over the Nile instead and that was beautiful.  

Here's the link for this video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCZCcEr65To

Crossing the Nile at sunrise with silhouettes of three balloons in the distance.  Cameron sees a boat below and pretends the balloon is racing the boat.  

Here's the link for this video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAT3wABrkxA

Farmland, the roar of the firing up of the balloon and a look at how many people the balloon basket holds.

Here's the link to this video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X464tYO-Fdw&feature=related

Cameron hiding from the firing up of the balloon, Valley of the Kings in the background, and sunrising over the Nile.

Here's the link for this video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO1IVZiPqJY

Sunrising over Nile, donkey cart, cemetery below, harvesting sugar cane, canals from the Nile from the 'lego town' (as Cameron calls it).

Here's the link to this video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebVKPBgB2rw

Here's part of the landing procedure.

Here's the link for this video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRxbhOtiA94

Here we are in the basket after landing.

This video is at this link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkxrW_LkZgc

For more pictures and a couple other videos of our balloon ride, you can see my other blog entry at this link:  http://rotaryincairo.blogspot.com/2011/04/hot-air-balloon-ride-in-luxor.html.