Fun time flying in Mexico

Trip Start Jan 09, 2007

Trip End Jan 19, 2007

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Flag of Mexico Valle de Bravo, Mexico
Monday, January 22, 2007

Well as you know, i'm always looking forward to new destinations... This time, i could say that it wasn't even planned! The occupancy at the hotel was getting low, so i tought i should check out some plane tickets and go meet some paraglider pilots down in Mexico. I got the ok from the job at 5 pm, book at 8 pm and drove the next morning to Seattle!

I got there in mid-afternoon, after a long night travelling by car, plane, bus, taxi...
Valle de Bravo is a little city, 75 km outside of Mexico. Not the typical town that you have in mind. It has a lot of charms, not too much poverty and its probably one of the safest city in Central America.

So the goal of this trip was to get myself back into the world of paragliding after taking 2 months off

Andy accro pilot ready to take off

. Valle is a popular destination for flying cross country, competitions and gain some experience thermalling in strong conditions. Its not too much of a beginer site. I got intimidated a few times cause that place can get really crowded (+100pilots at a time in big a thermal). It took me 3-4 days to really feel comfortable in the air and a lot of times, i had the feeling i was on a busy highway, trying to avoid collisions.

But, i also gained confidence over the week and learned more on this trip than in one season in Canada. I made my first cross-country flight (20km), went up to cloudbase and learned what active flying is really all about! Thanks to all the pilots who were part of my experience.

So, the pictures were taking over 10 days, flying around town. Also, a lot of them are from other people's camera.

I'm already looking forward to another trip...any idea? Bresil? California?

It's snowing hard on the mountain, better get going ;-)
Talk to you later, come visit me in Whistler. I can't hardly see my house .... so much powder!

Magali xo

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another pic in the air...	At 11 011 ft!!!	Awesome Mexican Kid	Busy take off....
Charlie's	Chip checking the lines	Crazy Frenchy!	Cross-country flight
El penon	El Torre	El Torre launch	First Cross Country for Me! What a blast
Fly Mexico....	Flying at sunset	Flying over the trees	Folding the wing...an art!
Funny shoe....	Gound Handling	Grey sky.... hum better wait	I'm coming
Instruments	Its me...on the Hook	Jeep ride to launch	Kiting moment at sunset
Landing zone at the main site El Penon	Lion's Gate Bridge... in Vancouver	Look up	Maciek....
Manu and Bruno	Nice pic...	On the way to the cloud	Oups little gust, lets go up!
Para-Waiting...for great conditions	Paragliding in the clouds	Pepsi Max TV Commercial	Ready to take off
Rental car.... in Mexico???	Sky diving from another paraglider!	Steet life in Valle	Tacos Stand
Take off, spead the wing	The cloud lift	The coffee addiction	The gaggle
The Piano (LZ)	The volcano...on the right	Time for a little ... smoke	Torre take off behind...
Valle De Bravo	Valle.... not too far away	View from Penon take off	Vuela?
Wait a min...	Waiting at the lz to get back up	Waiting in line to take off	What a pile!
Whistler in January; The Bus Stop	Whistler in January; Where are we going?	Whistler in January; You better like snow

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Comments

janetka on Jan 22, 2007 at 11:56PM

nice photos
read your log...i'm sitting with the rain drumming on the yurt...ouch the month of sun seemed to melt this last 4 days...it's was a nice buzz to see your pictures...what are you up to for the next few weeks? Manu and I will probably come up for a tour and see if we can get out into the snow or into some hotsprings...keep in touch xojanet