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They roared ..."Banzai, Bonzai, Banzaiiiiii..." as we flew over. The commentator was telling them all about the crew from Australia and it went down so well.
Cool! Always wanted to fly into an X at a stadium full of people!
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Posted on August 29, 2008 at 10:30pm — 2 Comments
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- At 3:19pm on January 31, 2009,
Mizuho Oku said… - Hi Mark,
Thanks for the article of Ian Thorpe!! hahaha,
I met him two months ago ( It's not joke,)
He was in my towm cos we had his talk show.
I met him at the train station dramatically, talked with him a lot, and he gave me an swimming cap with his autograph!
I hope to see you soon,
I'm in the Okinawa Island because of my job.
I'm organising and guiding the tours in the tropical Islands.
you should come here!!!
I heard you are with Linda!! Is it true???
very funny,,,
love, Mizuho
very funny.
- At 11:31pm on November 13, 2008,
Mark Phillips said…
- Mark signed up today as a student pilot.
- At 12:26pm on November 1, 2008,
Maaike Bierma said…
- Well done, Mark, I really enjoyed the photos of the Worlds! There are definitely some beauties there.
- At 11:14pm on August 29, 2008,
- Hi Mark,
why did you post that funny link for the blog? Is it not better to post the www.picturethisballooning.blogspot.com link? That'll take them to the blog proper, your link takes you to a downscale version... Can you change it still?
- At 3:08pm on August 24, 2008,
- Dammit, Sarah stole my joke. I was just about to make a smart-ass comment in that style as well (so unlike me, I know), but I see she beat me to it.
What's an ape doing on the Monkey???
- At 12:34am on August 22, 2008,
Mark Phillips said…
- Yee-hah tour guide girl! Congrats.
- At 12:09am on August 22, 2008,
Mizuho Oku said…
- yaaaaaaay,
I passed the exam!!
what a clever girl am I ???? ;-)
- At 6:49am on August 19, 2008,
Dano said… - Dude, nice monkey!
- At 3:57pm on August 8, 2008,
Adam said… - mark, I canj tell you that it was frustrating, not because of the comp but because of the weather, it was terrible. You are only about 40km from where we were in Bad Waltersdorf, which is still known to this day as bad weathersdorf.
There is a lot of hills and valleys and some of the roads are not so well defined. You will have OziExplorer I assume which will make it much easier to nav with. We didn't have it in 99.
You will have a huge amount of people around with 101 balloons competing so it can be very hard to get to goals and targets from congestion so you may end up some way behind paul if on the ground.
I would make sure you get a good understanding of the map before you go and the technology you will be using. Also try and get an understanding of the rules as it will help you to get a better feel of what is going on around you.
Most important of all, drink! It is Austria after all :)
- At 8:34pm on August 7, 2008,
Sarah Ellis said… - Mark, nice photo of you, and the bloke in the green shirt is pretty cute too!
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