Video: TPG Reviews a Hot Air Balloon Ride Over the Holy Land

So this is a bit of a departure from our typical, flight review format.

Rather than reviewing a good ol' commercial aircraft, we decided to trade in our lie-flat Polaris seats for something a little more ... rustic. And by rustic we mean standing in a floating wicker basket a kilometer above the ground in Israel. Or a hot air balloon, to put it simply. While there was some pretty hardcore turbulence upon landing, we have to admit that there is probably no better way to view Holy Land than from a hot air balloon surrounded by friends.

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