Free Falling (part II)

The song in the title was not on my mind on Friday afternoon when i did it - the pristine-ness of the surrounding pretty much emptied the mind of most frequencies. Sunny day - not too warm - and the relief of having a complete day off work made the long trip to the Mile-Hi Sky Diving center quite pleasant. Yup that's what I did - a free fall from 13,000 ft.

It doesn't last long - a minute of free fall and 3-4 of chuting - but it was one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life - maybe #1! Momentary fear soon turns to euphoria and I was screaming most of the 50 free fall seconds... the parachuting was great fun too - in a way, it was required to complete the experience - my guide David taught me how to pilot the chute (what - you thought I jumped just like that? -it was a tandem jump). It is quite simple and a lot of fun! I was still taking it all in when I landed... Can't wait to do some more -

As the guy who gave me the lift back mentioned - it can be quite a high - in more ways than one...

The Sky Diving center

If you know of places that do similar places in/around Chennai/Bangalore - let me know!!

p.s: A link I forgot for the previous blog
The top 500 songs according to RS

Desk-bound to des - bound

Me coming back to Des and I feel great - I'm sitting cross legged, sipping cold Ishi Gawa coffee in Tokyo's sparsely populated Narita airport, listening to 'Bizarre Love Triangle' (By New Order - #21 on all time 500 songs according to Rolling Stones) - and I'm feeling as good as I have felt in a long long time.

I am feeling rested and enthusiastic after a 10 hr. flight into Narita - actually feel like working!! Travel does this to me... Managed to catch the film version of 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' and the purely star-sugar fuelled 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' on the plane...

Japan and India have at least one thing in common - prepare to squat down to download - Tokyo toilets are like old indian ones - long time that I saw those in India... should get one for my house!

Haven't blogged for some time as well - let me recollect some highlights of my trip and make uip for the absence...