Great escapes: would you like to ride?
Great escapes: would you like to ride?
When cyberspace just isn’t spacious enough.
This week the famous Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is lighting up the skies in New Mexico. https://balloonfiesta.com/ Last year was the 50th anniversary of this festival, just one of many such gatherings of balloon enthusiasts worldwide.
Advantages of hot-air ballooning as a sport include space, quiet, and a relaxed pace. Disadvantages? The same things might be disadvantages too, I guess.
Still, if your computer screen seems to be a little too flat today, click here to find yourself in a balloon sailing over another scenic place, Bagan, Myanmar, watching the morning mists lift: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=balloon+flight+over+bagan+myanmar
…Now, wasn’t that refreshing?
Date
October 15, 2023
Author
Jan Stephens
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