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We´ve spent the last two weeks in La Cumbre - Jamie has been doing his paragliding course, and while at first I was interested, as soon as I saw the big drop and thought about jumping off all by myself, I realised that maybe this was a special activity just for Jay and I would be much better suited for laying around the pool and taking nice walks in the countryside. And it turns out that La Cumbre has a lot to offer the non-paraglider. Behind the town, there is a lovely walk up to the statue of Christo the Redentor. [View Full Entry]

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A violent gust of wind catches my canopy and I struggle to keep it on the ground. Nervously I look over my shoulder at the drop below - it's a long way down. Will I even be able to reach the landing field 2km away with such a strong head wind? I try to relax and run through the launch in my mind. There's so much to remember! I have waited for 8 hours in the baking sun for this moment. The sun will be setting soon - this will be my one and only chance to fly today. I feel [View Full Entry]

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What I'm about to tell you, you may not believe but it's 100% totally true. Today, Glynn and I literally threw ourselves off a cliff and what's more, we lived to tell the tale! The reason we came to Cordoba, other than to break the long journey to Buenos Aires, was to go paragliding. Yes, you heard me right - paragliding! Not the kind of sport you might expect someone who is afraid of heights to get excited about but when we heard that the paragliding in Cordoba is world class and affordable, we just couldn't resist. We booked via [View Full Entry]

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I finally managed to drag myself away from Cordoba since all the late nights were seriously catching up on me - when I say late nights, they were really early mornings. Bright sunshine and about 22 degrees when you come out of a club in the morning is a bit of a shock to the system but I didn´t seem to have any problem staying awake during the night, despite having to dance to the musical extremes of either electronica or salsa with nothing more to my taste inbetween! It was the trying to get some sleep during the heat of [View Full Entry]

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