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Mary Ann Campbell | profile | all galleries >> Travel photos: India, Turkey, Alaska, and Europe >> Turkey: Fall 2004 >> Cappadocia: Balloon trip tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

To Cappadocia: Aksaray Caravansary, Urgup | Cappadocia: Balloon trip | Cappadocia: Zelve, Avanos, tourist traps | Cappadocia: Goreme, Uchisar | Guselyurt, near Cappadocia | Soganli, Nigde, Gaziantep, Taurus, Antakya | SE Turkey: Urfa, Harran, Adiyaman | SE Turkey: Mt. Nemrut, Diyarbakir, Lake Van | SE Turkey: Dogubayazit, Erzurum | West Turkey: Ephesus, Seljuk | West Turkey: Pergamon | W Turkey: Pamukkale, Hierapolis, Afrodisias | SW Turkey: Dalyan, Kaunos, Fethiye | SW: Kalkan, Xanthos | SW: Kekova, Simena, Ugaciz | SW: Bezirgan, Kale | SW: Myra, Aspendos, Antalya | Istanbul: our Hotel; trip up the Bosphorus | Istanbul: Hagia Sofia, Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque

Cappadocia: Balloon trip

We got into Urgup late at night without a balloon reservation. Our guide drove us around dirt roads in search of a balloon pilot, who told us all balloons were filled. However, he called us later at our hotel and told us we had a spot on his balloon in the morning. It was a marvelous ride.


First sight of balloons
First sight of balloons
u33/mcampbell/medium/36018276._23_0060.jpg Our balloon lands from previous flight
Our balloon lands from previous flight
Gas flame, which makes a loud Whoooshhhh
Gas flame, which makes a loud Whoooshhhh
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Nearby balloon going down as we go up
Nearby balloon going down as we go up
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cap4.jpg
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Our pilot
Our pilot
Pasabagi Valley
Pasabagi Valley
Pasabagi Valley
Pasabagi Valley
They call these rock formations fairy chimneys
They call these rock formations fairy chimneys
u33/mcampbell/medium/35922339._17_0349.jpg Pasabagi Valley
Pasabagi Valley
Suddenly we catch the wind and go up very fast
Suddenly we catch the wind and go up very fast
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Getting the balloon on a trailer
Getting the balloon on a trailer
Men deflating the balloon
Men deflating the balloon