The new group settled in late last night tired from 36 hours of travel for some, and somehow slept through the loud disco music here at the hotel and yet still showed up at 7am for breakfast.
Our in-house disco, complete with two mirrored balls!
The day looked odd as ever when I woke, but improved right on cue as we arrived at launch. Nice.
A pit stop to view landing areas took a few short minutes on the way up.
Everyone got their gear ready to go after the strenuous hike up the stairs from the parked jeeps below. Another short briefing and it was time to launch!
The air became windy and it broke up the thermals making this the most turbulent and difficult day by far. It was a real challenge to get us all established.
Some had short flights but many made the trek back to our small town and beyond. I landed with two of the three pilots I was guiding and of course my tandem passenger/pilot who wisely chose to fly with me as he was still tired from his journey here from Alaska.
It was all smiles at the soccer field for Team Monkey as Sam made the trek with us and his guide, Brian as well.
School must have adjourned for the day as a few students came to chat up my passenger Ryan and me. Cute.
A short walk had us eating lunch at our favorite spot in no time with fresh made grape and pineapple juice. Amazing.
Cipriano (chip re AHN-no) was outside to load our gear and take us to the bank and store so everyone could grab bottled water and cash.
Soon we were back "home" to shower and take a dip in the pool or just relax under a perfect sky.
Soon it will be dinner time and after that we'll likely have a talk by Rob or me for the group.
Edwin, a local boy we often see, said he loved my T.V. debut last night at 8pm. We weren't able to see it at the house but he assured me I did a great job. Sweet!
Ciao for now!
