Truly flying

I've been paragliding before, but with an instructor strapped to my back. The place I went to today claims to be the only place in the world where you can learn to paraglide in one day

It was pretty hard work as we basically had to repeatedly climb up a sand dune in the middle of a desert, but it was worth it. Once tyhe instructor had explained what to do, we had complete freedom in the air, and you were truly flying. Just me and a canopy in the sky. The dune was about 70 metres high, and we probably reached about 30 or 40 metres off the ground. It was amazing, and really easy to move around in the air. The landing was really soft too.

It reminded me a bit of Kitty Hawk, where I lived for a couple of months, and where the Wright Brothers first flew from. The landscape is very similar - just endless sand dunes and a sea. The views were great, although I unfortunately broke my camera - the second in 3 days.