A High in the Sky

'I believe I can fly'... goes a popular song, and how we wish we could do that, not just mentally but for real too. To defy gravity and all the other constraints & controls that bog us down... to be truly free like a bird. Well, at Fly Nivana you can. A little off-beat place at Kamshet, 110km from Mumbai, you can break-free from the city grind and take to the sky, soaring above the restricted world, leaving your baggage behind.

Paragliding is the closest experience to actually flying like a bird. While you first start just gliding down from the hills as you get more advanced you can fly over hills. A nylon canopy above your head and atttached to you by strings... it's literally 'on a wing and a prayer'. Though it's not really for those who don't want to push the boundaries or themselves further. It's tough but highly rewarding.

Fly Nirvana conducts the courses from a lovely guest-house called The Native Place. It's rustic charm and retro-artistic design, all nestled in nature, is a welcome surprise. While the place relaxes you, the paragliding sessions in the hills around, pump you up with adrenelin and give you a high. (flynivana.com)

I did the basic course and I'm hooked. Soon going back to scale greater heights.
Thanks Sanjay, Astrid & Ravi for helping people experience a high in the sky.