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It Seems Like a Story from Another Era

Posted on October 27, 2010
View of Amber Fort, Jaipur from a Hot Air Balloon
View of Amber Fort, Jaipur from a Hot Air Balloon

So much happened since I did this hot air balloon safari over Jaipur. My father’s illness was so sudden and such a bolt from the blue. But with each passing day he is getting better and stronger.

I had managed to complete the Sky Waltz Balloon Safari story before he fell ill. So the hot air balloon story has been up on Gonomad for a while. Do have a look. Here is a small bit from the story.

“Soon the balloon was inflated and we were about to board. We were supposed to be six people and suddenly we found that we were seven! Someone asked pilot Thomas if he would take seven of us up. He said he would check the weight, but by the look of it he seemed to be extremely unhappy about it.”

8 thoughts on “It Seems Like a Story from Another Era”

  1. Chitra Nayak says:
    October 27, 2010 at 3:44 pm

    That was really a great trip by balloon. The balloon looks colourful and you were floating at a height of 1500 feet. I would have fainted.

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  2. Tarun says:
    October 27, 2010 at 9:27 pm

    Nice click!!!

    Hope your father is doing well

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  3. Appu says:
    October 27, 2010 at 10:41 pm

    lovely – Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Fida says:
    October 28, 2010 at 6:45 am

    Just read your article on gonomad. Fabulous. Had a good laugh about the ‘black rider’…tricks don’t always work 🙂

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  5. Anu says:
    October 28, 2010 at 3:18 pm

    This is just awesome, Mridula!! Wish I could see a sight like this once at least!!!

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  6. Akhila S says:
    October 29, 2010 at 11:01 pm

    Mridula, hope your dad is doing fine…Enjoyed the article at gonomad. I too am planning to add a balloon ride into my list 🙂

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  7. megha says:
    November 3, 2010 at 10:52 pm

    lovely…wow…

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  8. Mridula says:
    December 30, 2010 at 12:21 pm

    Thanks Chitra, and no you would have 😀 not it rises so gently.

    Tarun by December end I can say he is doing well and I hope there are no hospital visits in 2011.

    Thanks Appu.

    Fida thank you. 😀

    Anu how knows one day ….

    Akhila good to hear that. Yes my father is doing fine now.

    Thanks Megha.

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I am Mridula Dwivedi and I started this blog in 2005. It has been an amazing ride. I have visited 33 countries till date! I have worked with many tourism boards and prominent travel companies. My blog was featured on the BBC and the Guardian.

I did my Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. I worked full time in academics till 2015! I quit my job as a professor, thinking I will take a break for one year, which turned into five.

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