After our time on the coast, we headed inland to the "adventure capital" of Colombia, San Gil. The town itself was quite beautiful with hilly streets, green surroundings and small enough to walk to everything we needed. Rather than booking lots of small adventure activities during our stay, we decided to stick to one unique experience - thermal paragliding in the Chichamocha Canyon.
It was a crazy, exhilarating and unique experience in that we took off and landed in exactly the same location, but the thermal air pockets carry you 2,000m high - a very unusual feeling! The canyon views were spectacular and it was so peaceful in the sky on a perfect, sunny day with only the two of us (and our tandem partners) in the sky for most of the 45 minutes that we spent up there.
We also took the bus to a nearby town called Barichara. It was incredibly beautiful with white houses, cobblestone streets and the usual church and town square. We walked up the hill to a little chapel and viewing point of the surrounding areas and after lunch and a nice coffee, headed back to San Gil.
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