after an hour and a half of driving through the mountains and past all the shrimp fishing farms (weird), we found our destination on top of the mountain past the army base. Marta wanted to sit and relax for about ten minutes before we took the plunge but almost as soon as we were off our motorbikes the were strapping us into our parachutes and getting us to sign for our $6.00 insurance. We went tandem and my dude kept pointing to the island way out in the sea which was directly in front of the edge of the cliff and saying "Just run, keep run and no stop, ok? No stop!" Holy freak me out dude, ok! So once we were strapped in my feet were off the ground while the dude attached to me and another dude were dragging me off the edge of the cliff! I couldn't possibly stop if I'd wanted to I was struggling just to touch my toes every few feet to be able to say I at least had SOME part in running and jumping off a cliff!  So after a few seconds of my futile attempt at participating, we were off the edge and flying. All I kept saying was "Wow" like an idiot and talking out my neck to the dude strapped to my back (I'm embarrassed to watch the video with the sound turned up). But what a feeling!!! It was over in a couple minutes. My guy told me to keep my feet up when landing so I did and when his feet hit the ground they immediately gave way and we essentially landed flat on our asses. Marta wasn't so lucky to have an English speaking guy so seeing as he didn't tell her to keep her feet up, she didn't and when she hit the ground they slid. All in all it was a great day and worth the $30 (around there anyway). The guy told us that we came too late in the day so next time if we come earlier the wind will be better and we'll stay in the air longer.
A surreal experience, I highly recommend it. It wasn't enough for us though so we're on the look out for sky diving places!