when i arrived in rio, never did the thought of hand gliding enter my mind. i was sitting at a cafe drinking a beer with some friends from Holland I meet along the way when it became the topic of conversation. no one around the table had ever done it before so we decided to look into it. a few hours later we were being picked up and taken up the mountains in sao condaro (a barrio of rio). from the top of the mountain you had an amazing view of the city and all of the barrios. we didnt get much time to enjoy the view as the flying company started to put the gear on us. In no time, we were prepared to jump off the mountain. five minutes later we literally running off the mountain. for thirty minutes i was gliding over the mountains and beaches. i had spectular views of the main beaches at copacabana and ipanema. the gliding route also toured above the tijuanca national rainforest park.
to think, this all started because of a casual beer at copacabana beach! there are a couple of photos from the hang gliding experience posted on my photoshare site.
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