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Another Beautiful Shelar Evening

Another Beautiful Shelar Evening

Sanjay and I drove to the site together just after the team. The wind was straight when we got there at 4 pm. The tandems were already in the air and students were ground handling and doing hops. Got to takeoff at past 5 and geared up. It was a full on Shelar evening with [...]
Paragliding Diwali Week at Kamshet

Paragliding Diwali Week at Kamshet

Dag arrived at Native Place on Wednesday in the early hours of the morning in time for Diwali this year. The last weekend I noticed that the ‘Raat ki Rani’ or the Queen of the night was covered with buds – such a coincidence that  they have geared up to scent up the night with [...]
Countdown till the season begins

Countdown till the season begins

With the strange overcast weather continuing over the next few days it is becoming rather difficult to fix on a date to open the season and get courses going. Simply don’t know what to tell new students who have been waiting patiently during the monsoon and are now calling in to fix their dates. It’s [...]
Ganesh Chaturthi Celebrations at Kamshet

Ganesh Chaturthi Celebrations at Kamshet

We (Sanjay and Astrid) spent 4 days in Kamshet visiting the nearby villages of Govitri, Karanjgaon, Uksaan, and Pale. We visited the homes of all our staff, said ‘namaste’ to the Ganapatis at their homes, ate wonderful prasad and did a Satyanarayan puja at Balu’s ( fondly known as appa)  in Govitri Village. Spending time [...]