Since my childhood, I always dreamt of flying like an eagle. Always wondered what it feels to fly so high above in the sky! I finally got an opportunity to go for Para gliding in Taiwan.

A group of 7 colleagues from CCMA at ITRI started our Para-gliding trip on Saturday: Aug 20 at 7:30 AM. Para gliding in Taiwan is quite popular and the nearest spot for people living in Hsinchu is at a place called Wan Li, which is at a 1 hr driving distance from Taipei.

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We reached at 11 AM at Wan Li and were shocked to see a long queue of people waiting for their turn. The landscape view from the mountain at Wan Li was breathtaking.

In front lies the Pacific Ocean and to the sides are the beautiful gigantic mountains making the paragliding experience really memorable.


I never imagined I could fly above the ocean, mountains like a bird with my huge personality, but thanks to well-trained paragliding experts at Wan Li, I managed to do it!


It was a short ride lasting around 5 minutes and we all landed on the beach smoothly at the end. We then went to North Coast Scenic area in east coast of Taiwan to do snorkeling.


More photos at: http://dilip.nijagal.com/PhotoGallery/gallery3/index.php/Friends/Taiwan-Trip/2011-summer-trip/Paragliding