Up at 4:30 am and off to the launch. Sue is standing in front of the balloon as it is inflated.
A view of Goreme village just after take off. The place is renowned for cave dwellings, which I will write about later
There were at least twenty balloons in the sky.
I felt cheated when we started dropping into the valley - I wanted to soar with the eagles, but that was soon to change as our pilot Mustafah gave us a closer view of the rock formations.\
Other pilots had the same idea as we entered Love Valley at tree top level. These rock formations are unique in the world.
"Mummy why is it called Love Valley?" I did not hear mummy's reply. I'm still trying to figure it out myself.
A Cappadocian tapestry - from being at tree top level we are soon high up in the sky. Nothing could have prepared us for the experience. It was absolutely amazing floating up there in a big basket out in the open air.
All too soon we are back on terra firma - our pilot very skillfully put the basket onto the back of the trailer saving the guys some heavy work.
It cost an arm and a leg but was really worth every Lira.
