Word: ballooned
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...nine-day Burmese biking tour (Dec. 19-27) tickles your fancy, then Butterfield & Robinson are the folks to call. Your cycling quest is complemented by walks through bamboo forests to isolated villages and temples, two nights on the Ayeyarwady River on a luxurious riverboat, and a hot-air balloon ride over the golden temples of Bagan. $5,595 per person, $850 supplement. tel: (1-800) 678 1147; www.butterfield.com Southern India and Sri Lanka: Posh travel company Abercrombie & Kent would like the pleasure of your company on a visit to Cochin, Goa, Panjim, Malvan and Mumbai on a Hebridean Island Cruises...
Security remained tight during the final night of the convention, but the crowd’s nerves were rattled when, during the traditional balloon drop, streamers were unfurled with a bang, startling many in the arena...
Fancy a cool, bird's-eye view of the magical temple ruins of Angkor Wat? For $11 it's yours. The bright yellow Angkor Balloon, tel: (855) 12 520810, is moored a kilometer west of Cambodia's treasured monuments, which were built between the 9th and 13th centuries by the god-kings of the Khmer empire...
...While the 10-minute balloon ascent may feel altogether too brief, the maximum altitude of 200 m offers a fresh perspective on how all the temples and waterways of the complex fit together. At ground level, it's not easy to appreciate the extent to which Angkor was fed by the waters of Tonle Sap, Cambodia's huge central lake, about 25 km away. Not even Henri Mouhot, the French adventurer who rediscovered the country's cultural shrine in 1859, got a view this good...
...Because Angkor Wat is a World Heritage Site, the balloon cannot fly directly over the monuments?but the views are sweeping nonetheless. Passengers can even make out the royal city of Angkor Thom (just more than a kilometer north of Angkor Wat and guarded by statues of 54 gods and devils), as well as the mountain temple on Phnom Bakheng, rising out of the jungle canopy beyond. The Angkor Balloon makes some 30 ascents daily, between sunrise and sunset, carrying up to 30 passengers at a time...