Iedereen die mij kent, weet dat ik heel erg bang ben van hoogte. Sinds ik klein ben, heb ik last van hoogte vrees. Ik doe niks die met hoogte te maken heeft, behalve vliegen! Skybars zijn leuk en gezellig maar ik verkies normale bars, Ik word zenuwachtig en kan niet van de sunset genieten of op mijn gemak zijn.
It was Saturday 06/08/22, my day off. My colleague Marleen calls me to let me know that we were invited by Torstan of Life&Sea to do Parasailing. My first reaction was laughing and then asking her if she was kidding. Before I could say yes of no, she said I said yes, it will be fun! We need to try new things and see what our guests are experiencing. I said, fine. Let’s do it! I had to give myself a pep talk, I had to prepare myself and just go for it. I wanted to look for videos of people doing parasailing, but that would have been a terrible idea. I watched Netflix, got ready and drove to Calo des Moro with Marleen. To relax and have a nice afternoon on the beach.
Time really flew by and all of the sudden it was time to drive back to Arenal and go to life and sea. We get our life jackets, get on the boat and guess what? We are the first to go. My heart starts racing, I tie my hair back and put on a brave face. The crew were explaining everything, but I couldn’t listen to a word they were saying. We were told to sit down, I close my eyes and up we go.
Het enige wat ik kon horen , was mijn collega Marleen die het uitzicht aan het bewonderen was. Zij bleef herhalen hoe mooi het was en wat zij allemaal kon zien. Ik begon nieuwsgierig te worden en heb stilletjes mijn ogen opengedaan. Marleen had gelijk, het uitzicht was prachtig. We kon den alles zien, maar alles leek zo klein. At en toe moest Ik mijn ogen terug dichtdoen. Na 5 minuten was ik niet meer bang. We hebben foto’s genomen, gezongen en genieten van het uitzicht.
I was proud of myself and I would definitely do it again and recommend everyone to do it! This doesn’t mean that I would jump out of a plain. Parasailing was a big big step for me.
