Cañon del Chicamocha

We had time until 9 to get picked up for the paragliding so we took it slowly with getting ready. The drive there is supposed to take one hour but there is always quite a lot of traffic so we were half an hour more en route. When we arrived at the starting point we filled out a form about insurance and got a quick introduction into what we're supposed to do and what not. Basically you just need to know 3 commands: stand, run and feet up 😁 Then we were sorted by weight because the later in the day the more winds are present and give enough upforce for the heavier ones. So I got into the second to last group while Julia came in the second one. We watched some starts and saw that it was all pretty relaxed.
Julia's flight was pretty good but she had expected a little more adrenaline and height. I was happy with my flight although I think he flew higher and went a little tougher with the tricks. It was an amazing experience that we had on our bucket list a different way to see the world and this beautiful canyon. The flight was chill and you could just take in the views and gliding close to birds.

After my flight we got onto a bus as many had already been done by then. We were happy that we didn't need to wait for everyone to finish buuuuut then we got into a traffic jam on the way back due to a flipped truck. We stood there for almost two hours until we decided to start walking in direction of San Gil which went great for 5 kilometers until the jam cleared up. So we stopped by the road and waited for the minibus to pick us up again 😁 Ultimately we arrived back at the hostel 5 hours later than planned but we still wanted to continue on to Tunja... We tried getting a taxi but this failed so we walked the 2km to the main bus terminal and were lucky to get a ticket for the 20:00 bus. We finally had some time to get something to eat (streetfood ❤️🤩) and relax a bit.

This ended when they called Julia over the speaker to come to the office 😅 They had changed us to an earlier bus at 19:30 which left on time and drove recklessly quick 🙈 We just got held up at another - luckily smaller - traffic jam. But we still arrived on time at midnight in Tunja because of the speeding of the bus driver. There we took a taxi to a nearby hotel which was closed, the next one only had a suite available, the third one - a bakery and hotel - was the charm. It was pretty chilly at night (around 10 degrees) because Tunja is at 2800 metres above sea level. Luckily they had warm blankets though 😊Read more