Monday, January 25, 2010

Paragliding at Bukit (hill of) Jugra

Let's sidetrack from the travelling to the south stories for a while...


Earlier during the day I brought the wife and baby to Jugra where lies a rather formidable hill...


Me and wife have been here many times but this is the first time I suddenly felt like bringing her up to a certain part of the hill...

This is the first time she went up here despite growing up in a village just 20 km or so away. In fact this is the first time I myself went up after 10 years or so!


The last time I came up was with my previous wife on my big bike. I think it was in the year 2000 or was it before?



Anyway there have been some changes since then. For one, I don't remember this place having an observation platform...




The view is however still as superb...





One could see the river Langat opening up to the sea with the island of Pulau Carrey to the right...






It looks like Bukit or hill of Jugra is the only highland for miles and miles around.







This is the word Jugra and tower which could be clearly seen from down, in fact from anywhere not blocked by the hilltop...








Bukit Jugra has a nice steep clearing making it ideal for a certain sports.







Just slightly under the tower lies the platform for the said sports...








I think you can already guess what sports it is...









You see, I arrived as some avid fans were waiting for the right kind of wind to blow. And it soon came and they started out laying their special parachutes for the jump, and the glide...









There. That's one in the air. Yeeehaaaa!!!



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