Tavel Photo of the Day: Balloon Ride over Luxor

From Luxor is Grand by lisaaltieriatcal

Home of King Tut’s Tomb, the Valley of Kings, and other famous archeological treasures, Luxor is a special destination rich with history and wonders. Traveling across Egypt this spring, lisaaltieriatcal got to see this special city from a unique perspective — the basket of a hot air balloon. Sailing over houses and buildings, lisaaltieriatcal caught a bird’s eye view and wrote about it in her journal, Luxor is Grand:

“At 4:30 the next morning, I went for a hot air balloon ride over Valley of the Kings with this character of a guy who is 30 years old and has traveled everywhere on Earth that the sun shines. It was his fifth hot air balloon ride, but it was my first and it was SO COOL. Our balloon (there were also about 10 other people in the basket) went farther and lower than any of the others, which made it even more special. We swooped over this little Egyptian village and were practically lowered into peoples’ houses. All the kids and the ladies were waving…” (more…)

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Egypt Travel Photos
Egypt Travel Blogs
Luxor Travel Blogs

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