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Dear friends,
to realize Anna's birthday present - as we were not able to go paragliding in Guatemala due to weather conditions - we went to the parque nacional de Chicamocha. We contacted a company that we found in the internet. It turned out that our instructor had participated in the world championship of paragliding and was the best colombian with rank 23. Anyway, we felt very secure with them and had a great time with them: Picking us up from the bus station in Bucaramanga, having breakfast and driving to the park.
The canyon is located in the national park. Even though you start of the paragliding flight at an altitude of over 2000m above sealevel it was increadibly hot!! But we got confirmed in our decision on the location as it just had amazing views!!
But then, just too quickly you stand on the edge of the mountain, it dropping off quite some meters below you. On your back a backpack, which is supposed to save your life...and when the instructur says run (good termics) you run towards the cliff... And of course the instructure makes sure the kite opens up before you reach the edge. All the sudden you are hanging in the air the world getting small below you. Beautiful!!! We let the fotos and the video speak for themselves!
Tomorrow up to the next adventure - rappeling (climbing down a waterfall).
All the best to you,
Anna & Maarten
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Ronja Hi Anna, hi Maarten, Das sieht einfach nur AMAZING aus! Auch wenn ich mich selber wahrscheinlich nie trauen würde! ;) Ich beneide euch um euren tollen Urlaub, bei uns schneit es wieder und der Frühling will einfach nicht kommen. Außerdem liege ich seit einer Woche im Bett, weil ich mir beim Reiten 2 Rippen gebrochen habe... :( Ach ja, so ist das im Leben! :) Genießt eure Zeit weiterhin und schreibt weiter viel in eurem Blog, damit ich wenigstens in meinem Kopf ein bisschen aus dem Haus rauskomme! :) Dicker Knuddler euch beiden Ronja