My Lanzarote Adventure Begins

I’ve arrived! Yesterday’s traveling almost killed me, but here I am admiring Lanzarote’s landscape. The thunder in the distance isn’t my first choice, but flying today would really only be a bonus, as today is a transitional day anyway; last week’s group is leaving, this week’s pilots are arriving today.

It’s SO WARM! The air is humid and smells of the sea and greenery I’m not familiar with. The mountains in the distance look like wind-sculpted sand castles – so cool.

My fellow British pilots are as cordial and hospitable as ever. I feel rather unsophisticated around them. I want to say to them “hey man, how’s it going?” when I know their reply would be “rather well, and you?” I think I’ll be speaking in their manner of speech by the end of this trip – sans British accent of course.

Jet-lag wise, so far so good. Considering the fact I slept on a couch last night, I think I’m faring well. Last night I slept in the staff villa, which apparently isn’t half as nice as the pilot’s villa. I’m curious to see what it will be like, as this place was actually quite pleasant. Everything is so tiny though! The garbage cans, drinking glasses, automobiles – compared to North America, everything seems to have been miniaturized.

I’m writing this as I wait for everyone to finish eating breakfast at the other villa. Today sould be pretty relaxing, especially since the rain clouds and thunder won’t allow for much else. That’s okay though – I’d rather it rain now than later in the week. Besides, thunderstorms are awesome.

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I just have to write again as I want to look back upon this trip and remember exactly how I felt.

Today, wow, was a great a great day. The pilot’s villa is amazing! It was a Jacuzzi, pool, beautiful furnishings, a double bed for myself, and is simply luxurious. I spent the day in the Jacuzzi, then the pool, then sunbathing, and then just taking in the view. At one point I started to laugh out loud – this is what’s life’s about!!!

All five pilots from my group arrived today – average age: 45. Hah, I’m female, young, and Canadian – how cool is that?! They seem like a decent group – paragliding experience-wise, it seems I’m somewhere in the middle. That seems like a good spot for me.

The jet-lag kicked in at around 6 pm Lazarote time. Narcolepsy started to kick in, but I somehow made it to my room where I slept for what seemed like 2 hours (in actual reality it was only half an hour)…sweet.

For dinner we went to a seafood restaurant which thankfully served more than just fish. They brought out dish after dish of different food, which were pretty decent. My shrimp allergy made me a bit nervous, but it did make a good excuse to pass on the octopus dish!

After, we went to bar in a cave – Lagomar. Seriously, that was the funkiest place I’ve ever been to. The lighting was such that anything white glowed, and the décor made it almost surreal. The bartender, who liked to pour triples (7 E), made it especially fantastic.

Including dinner drinks, I had two glasses of red wine, and a triple of Tia Maria and Bayleys. I’m not drunk – my alcohol level has definitely increased over the last couple months. Combine that with my inner voice which now has a British accent, and it’s good times for all!

Tomorrow will be an amazing day…