,
The travel itch doesn’t just go away. There is no cure. So we sigh
and browse several websites to check packages and tours. At the same
time there is a certain thrill in not booking your stay and just taking off.
I was wondering how it would be to travel across
the world on a hot air balloon and did a quick search. Look at what I found
here, according to this site:
“The first
recorded around the world hot air balloon flight was achieved in 1999 when
Swiss Betrand Piccard and British Brian Jones teamed up and broke the record.
They launched on Monday, March 1st from Chateau d'Oex in the Swiss Alps and
after 19 days, 21 hours and 55 minutes, successfully landed over Mauritania in
North Africa. They became the first balloonists to circumnavigate the globe
with a non-stop, non-refueled flight, having travelled a ground breaking
distance of 42,810 KM.”
Wow! Right? Would you like
to take a hot air balloon trip? If yes, you could book here for Britain and here
for Australia and the rest of the world.
Also you abso-freaking-lutely must read this
beautiful article on ‘Why you should travel young’: http://convergemagazine.com/travel-young-5278/
It has been my status message on Gmail for months.
I am awe-inspired by the writer and also extremely jealous that he has travelled
more than me.
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