Cappodosia

Last evening the Bazflyers arrived in Cappadocia. The region contains several underground cities largely used by early Christians as hiding places before Christianity became an accepted religion. The underground cities have vast defence networks of traps throughout their many levels. What a surreal landscape....!

Very early this morning we surrendered ourselves into the skilled hands of hot air balloon pilot Haran Yildiz. With safety briefings out of the way Haran skilfully flew us over the unique Cappadocia moonscape. There was no evidence of any wind in the early morning air. However, like magic Haran deftly controlled the burners to vary our altitude intercepting invisible air currents that enabled us to drift approximately 5 km. At times the balloon's basket almost kissed the ground while at other times we enjoyed an overarching vista. Haran advised the maximum height we attained at one point was 2000 feet above the ground. His final act was to land the basket softly onto its road trailer.

The flight was also a giant spectacle with over one hundred multi-coloured hot air balloons all in the air together. Definitely a great big wow...!