Gallery 278 (Sep 22, 2010). When we heard this fizz and hiss for the first time, we got horribly frightened. There was nothing around where the noise could have come from. Few minutes later we noticed a hot-air balloon over the treetops. Very big and so close... almost within our grasp. One could hear the voices of the passengers and even instructions for landing. Ok, we only hoped that the touch down would be far enough from our area. We had better things to do. And of course, you guess it, the mud was deeper than my tall Acquos'... (40 pictures and 6:15 min video in the members area).