Skydiving

So the day has finally come! One of my goals was to skydive in Poland, and I feel as ready as I can be. The company that I am going to is called Skydive.pl. My seniors went to this company and survive so that made me chose them as well. Their jump site is at Wloclawek, which is a 2 hour train ride from Warsaw. You get to see lots of pretty yellow fields if you go in May, which is when I went.

So I headed off in the morning and reached Wloclawek train station at about 11am. As it was a public holiday, the buses to this area weren't working so I was forced to cab (50 pln one way).

And we have arrived! Since I have already book a jump, I just have to wait for my turn.

Getting geared up and all ready to go.

To the plane! The plane ride up takes like 15 minutes. And off we go!

You get wonderful view from the sky, and can enjoy it once the parachute releases.

Without a doubt one of my most expensive minutes of my life, especially when it did not feel even half as long as it took. There was 55 seconds of freefall and 5 minutes of gliding, but it seriously felt like it was 10 seconds of freefall and 1 minute of gliding. Something about adrenaline that slows down time perception so that your brain doesn't overload. The skydive with photos and video cost me 849 pln, which is one of the cheaper ones in the world (I hear from my friends that Budapest and Krakow is cheaper) especially when comparing to New Zealand, etc. Everyone should try skydiving at least once! Also, if you are new to it, I recommend doing the tandem jump as I did, where someone is tied to your back, otherwise it might be dangerous considering that it is a new experience and all.