Skydiving in Africa

I wanted to do sky diving in Africa, a different place out of nowhere. Reviews I have read mentioned that it has amazing view of Table Top Mountain and Cape Point. The place is situated around 40km north of Cape Town. We have two options, either to arrange the pick-up or drive there ourselves. So, the choice is obvious, drive ourselves. This can only be done with the help of TomTom obviously as I do not know my way around Africa. So, there you go..two adventurous girls getting ready for the sky dive of their life..it is the first time for both of us...

A word of advice- safety is the utmost priority if anyone decide to take up the challenge of skydiving.

A different angle pic of me skydiving. This is rare compared to the standard front face captured that everyone has.. At this time, we are still doing the free fall, the instructor is checking his watch to release the parachute

As we arrived, there were other people as well from different countries in the world. We were all given safety talks and each one of us were given instructor. Authorization forms are signed in case of anything happen whilst we are up there.

Everyone is told what is each one's responsibility- to have fun and enjoy while we are up there. Super excited!!

The partner in crime..Gee Rahmat

The aircraft that will be taking us up in the air..

All cosy in the aircraft.. I had to wear a knee guard as I have just recently recovered from an injury..

The view from aircraft is already breath taking, I can't imagine how it's going to be like after....

So, everyone is on board the small aircraft. We are doing tandem skydiving, where we are each connected to a harness attached to a tandem instructor. It is not as daunting as what you would imagine such as what if my parachute does not open? Leave it to the expert and just have fun. We even had a photographer swith us to take our amazing shots of once in a lifetime experience...

So here you go, I was super excited to do the free fall. It is only for 15 seconds but when you are up there, it feels like going on forever before the parachute opens..

Are you READY to jump??!!!

Positioning oneself at the edge before jumping...woot, woot!!

NO fear..:)

Standard pose of skydiving

Just check out the view....it is as per advertised, amazing!!

 While up on the air, I did feel nausea as the instructor was trying to show off his skills by doing some acrobatic moves..right. I did not sign up for acrobatic moves...durghhhhh. So, I was relieved to be back down on earth....

Landing time...yay!!

It's a wrap!! We had a fab time of our life and it's time to hit to our next destination...