Skydiving

Just came back from a couple day vacation with my family at the beach. My favorite part? SKYDIVING. Over the Indian Ocean. With my mom. It was literally the greatest moment in my entire life. The whole experience was utterly amazing. I absolutely loved every minute of it. The most freeing I have ever felt. 

I took my mom skydiving over Diani Beach through Skydive Diani [skydivediani.com], a company that is only about a month old but the whole ordeal was very well done. Each of us went on a tandem jump, meaning we were attached to a tandem instructor with a harness. We took a taxi to the small nearby airport, just a small airstrip. We boarded a small airplane with the door missing on one side so we could later jump out of it. As soon as the plane reached 10,000 feet, we fell out of the plane.

My favorite part was probably the exhilarating feeling that came from free falling at about 120mph. Diving down head first with the best view of the beach ever. Then once the chute is pulled, it is a nice glide down to land on the beach. I loved getting a chance to steer the reigns for a little bit, turning us left and right and spinning in circles. Seemingly too soon, we smoothly landed directly on the beach.

my mom and I before skydiving

the plane right before falling

overlooking the beach falling with tandem instructor, Karl