I believe I can fly - Para-sailing!

While under water experience was a treat for me, being up in the air was more of a brave deed that I have accomplished. I have always been scared of heights, even if it was something as simple as long flight of stairs. We had an opportunity to do some parasailing in our honeymoon and even though the height factor got me a little scared, my 'go for it' spirit did not let me say no. So yes, there I and SJ went on for parasailing. We were taken to the middle of the ocean and we settled on a simple wooden platform floating on water. Few couples had already arrived before us so we got to observe them from a distance. What we saw wasnt very encouraging though with people screaming with fright when they went up in the air and another couple having a very bad landing and injuring themselves real bad :(
Finally it was our turn! I and SJ had decided to go together in one chute and the organisers strapped us on to it. After that, much to my amusement and SJ's shock, the instructor started explaining chute landing techniques to SJ!! ... it turned out that our landing was completely in SJ's control and he had quiet a task in front of him!! .. lol.. when we were ready, the boat that the chute was harnessed to took off and we were swept up high in the air and whhhooooooaaaaaaa what a sight it was...the vast ocean and the long beautiful sea shore was all in front of our eyes and it was a sight to behold... I and SJ were just giggling and laughing, taking in the sights and the beautiful sunset when suddenly we realised we were decending in the middle of the ocean..the boat had started to slow down..the chute started coming down..that's when we suddenly fell silent and just looked at each other with a 'whts happening?' expression on our faces .. I started checking on the life jackets that we were wearing, our feet splashed on the ocean water and while we were still trying to comprehend what was happening and looking towards our boat, the boat took off in full speed and we were sooooaaaaring up in the open blue sky again! Oh well, they were just playing a joke on us and yeah, since all went well, I can now say it was a good one :D. When we turned back towards our base, we knew SJ had a major task for himself. I wasnt so worried though coz I did trust my hero completely, ahem, and also, ahem, wanted to rather enjoy this flight until the last minute..hehe..paisa full wasool karneke liye hubby, aur kuch nahin :D !! SJ had to start pulling down strongly on one of the ropes while the boat slowed down to direct the chute to land on the base within a particular area .. and yes no prizes for guessing that he did an excellent job and we had a cool landing..I dont remember if we came down on our feet or if we fell though ... can you help here SJ? My fear of heights you said?? aahh yeah yeah ... well with SJ behind me do I have worry? ;)
It was a fab experience!
Life mein ek baar we experienced the freedom of the birds...