The afternoon we spent at the music festival in Kebili, but unfortunately the winds were too strong for the intended night glow. So we headed back to the hotel where we will spend the evening. Next briefing: tomorrow morning, 5:30. We’ll see… :) [...]

Enjoying our first day at Hotel Sun Palm in Douz! We’ve already done the refuelling and are now chilling at the pool, waiting for the general briefing. Rumours say that there will be a night glow in the evening – but we’ll see… ;-) [...]

It was a looong crazy trip all across Tunisia, but we have finally arrived at the Sun Palm Hotel in Douz. Refuelling is set for noon, so no morning flight – a very welcome opportunity to catch some well deserved sleep ;-) [...]

The balloonists’ caravan is moving on towards the city of Douz, the ‘Gate to the Sahara’, south east of the great salt lakes. There we will spend the night, refuel our cylinders… and maybe even fly tomorrow! :D [...]

After we passed quite some time at the customs – they obviously didn’t like our aircraft radios ;-) – we fought our way through the rush hour in Tunis and then took the motorway 1 to the south. Refueling isn’t so easy here, as you can see, but it’s less than half the price than [...]

After a nice dinner and a good sleep, we have arrived safely in Tunisia and just left our ferry. Now to the customs… :) [...]

Goodbye Europe! For the next 24 hours, we’ll be aboard our ferry to Tunisia. WiFi? Maybe, maybe not… ;-) [...]

One of the advices we were given beforehand was that we would need a lot of patience on our trip… and well, obviously that proves to be true 😂 [...]

We have arrived safely in Marseille and are now waiting to board the ferry. The morning sun is warming us already and giving us a taste of the temperatures awaiting us at the other side of the mediterranean sea… :-) [...]

Our adventure has begun! We’re on the long road to Marseille, where we will meet the other balloon teams and board the ferry bound for Tunisia. Roads are free and everything is going smooth :-) [...]