Day Twenty
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November 21/2009 Log entry
"Pokhara, scared stiff paragliding"
I slept well, not sick! Had coffee and tea on the balcony then went to a coffee shop for a bit of breakfast. Alan, Jocko and I went to the paragliding place to catch the van way up to the top of the hill above the city. It is a narrow winding road all the way up to the launch point. They wasted no time with explanations or descriptions, they just paired us up, hooked us into the harnesses and away I ran off the edge. The take off was not as scary as I thought it would be but once we were in the air and searching for thermals and then circling around and up it became terrifying then awesome and then terrifying again. It was very cool, so incredible as we flew higher and higher reaching 2500 meters. We ran the edge and I could see the deep valleys on both sides and the Phewa Lake of Pokhara. Ajay my pilot did some loops and aerobatics before landing that scared the crap out of me. Once back on the ground my knees were shaking but I was also very pumped. We all then went back to meet up with Brock who was waiting at the pizza place near our hotel. It turned out to be the best pizza on the trip, just awesome with a beer. I feel so much better now.
We grabbed a taxi and went up to the Gurka Museum which was very cool. I bought a knife and a pin for my motorcycle vest. We all then headed out to the Busy Bee, where I got a t-shirt from the bike club, "Hearts and Tears". I even got to go inside their club house and take some pictures. The band was excellent and met up with Eleanor and Monty. They are leaving for Chitwan on Sunday. We had a great time.
