Sunday 30 November 2014

Salt Flats




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Atacama Desert


Salt flats

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Atacama Desert

4500mtrs up in the Atacama Desert on the salt flats surrounded by volcsnoes


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Saturday 22 November 2014

South West Ridge

Follow the SW ridge behind me and you can follow it for 100km plus past the airport but only at weekends.
The wind should be more westerly as there is a large shoulder to get round if there is any south the  shoulder creates really bad rotor


Cavanche Beach


Just landed morning flight then landing on Cavanche Beach

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Sunset

Another Pacific sunset


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Wednesday 19 November 2014

Sleep


The lifestyle is so tiring all this flying mid afternoon nap

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Selfie

Well above the town of Iquique enjoying a midday flight, sea and mountainous dunes the views back into the interior are magical





Iquique from the air

Looking NW from take off over Iquique

Looking SW over the town



Looking SW from take off

Looking down on Iquique heading to the beach





Monday 17 November 2014

Scenery & flying


There are some special places to fly,
This site about 15-20km south of Iquique the sites called Palo Buque very popular with world class acro dudes. Flying from about 4.30 in the afternoon and watch the sunset set over the Pacific.

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Sunday 16 November 2014

Take off


The view from take off.
The main take is not in use as its been redeveloped for the sole purpose of paragliding and the whole take off is beening laid with astro turf.
This take off is about 540m asl.


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Trike


On our usual landing spot near the beach there is a tandem outfit offering tandem flights and trike flights.
Picture shows the trike about to take off.

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Saturday 15 November 2014

Landing



Landing just below flight park just abovr the beach astro turf set up to pack away on.

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Sand & Sea



From the sea upwards is sand , sand dunes and baked hard sand mountains.
Impressive place to fly
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Friday 14 November 2014

Sunset



Sunset over the Pacific Ocean a view from our balcony at the flight park
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Monday 10 November 2014

Iquique and Altazor flight park

High mountains of sand rising from the sea.
flying along these this morning fantastic views


Saturday 8 November 2014

Arrived San Paulo Brazil

Just waiting for connection onto Santiago Chile .
Third of journey done . Should arrive Iquique Nw Chile around early evening

Friday 7 November 2014

start of my journey to Chile



York train station this morning early

Heathrow terminal 1  flying with Tam Airlines stop off at San Paulo Brazil then connecting flight on to Santiago Chile. With an internal flight from Santiago up to Iquique.
should arrived around tea time tomorrow.

Saturday 1 November 2014

Relaxing

A relaxing game of crazy golf in the coastal town of Lyme regis on the south coast
A gentle stroll around Goathland in the heart of the North Yorkshire moors, known as heartbeat country where the hit TV series was filmed 



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Along the Coastal path near Seatown




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Taking my daughters paragliding

Myself and friend Rob Lund taking my daughters for a tandem paragliding flight over the Yorkshire Dales one day in July