10 balloons flew across the lake Balaton, 8 participant were from Hungary and 2 from Lithuania.
The competition lasted five days, every morning and afternoon
was a flight from different starting points.
These panoramas were taken at the 3rd afternoon, the balloons took off from the Toth Riding Centre.

The take off lasted about a half hour.
First they blew up the balloons with cold air, with a help of a motorized propeller.
Then he fired the gas heater and pumped in some hot air, after that the balloons rised.
Then the baskets needed to straighten up, and the ride begun!

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And finally, here is a map with the starting point marked:

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Alas it has some stitching errors, because these huge monsters was constantly moving in the wind.

Here are some other photos taken besides the panorama:

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