MZANZI ISSUE 16

Adventure
A bird’s-eye view
of South Africa
By A.B. Gondwe
You’re floating dreamily high above the earth, oblivious
to time or sound.
Far below the world stretches out to the horizon in every
direction. Buildings look like tiny doll’s houses; cars move
like pinheads on a road that looks like a pencil line. Snow
white clouds drift by below you, so close you can reach out
and touch them.
Your are looking at the world through the eyes of a bird.
No-one who’s ever ‘flown’ in some or other way – in an
aircraft or a hot air balloon, parachuting or hang-gliding –
will deny the magic of seeing the world from high up above.
You may be safely ensconced inside the protective capsule
of an aircraft; or you could be unprotected out in the open
with the wind rushing through your hair and adrenaline
pumping through your body as you hurtle to earth or drift
gently along on streams of air.
Either way, could there be any better way of seeing the
multi-dimensional variety and beauty that is South Africa?
There are many more – and better – ways of viewing the
world than from a commercial airplane as you commute
between cities and business meetings. Do yourself a favour
you will never forget: take some time off an go flying, whether
in a helicopter, fixed wing aircraft, hot air balloon, dangling
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