This past weekend was truly a great
one, and I would like to give a shout out to Melissa for putting in so much
effort to organize this weekend of wonder. Our journey started on Thursday when
we hopped on a bus after Vernon’s class to drive towards Plettenberg. Friday we
got up early from our hostel and headed to our first destination, the Cango
Caves. The majority of the group went into the caves and had a great time, but
I sat out for multiple reasons of my own. Soon enough we were on our way to
Knysna, where we would see elephants and be staying for the night.
The Elephant sanctuary in Knysna was
awesome; we were driven out to see the elephants and then we were aloud to feed
them and touch them. This was certainly the only time I have ever touched an
elephant, or anything more exotic then a tortoise. That evening we went to this
restaurant in Knysna, that was recommended to us by the owner of the hostel
that we were staying . At the restaurant, called Mo’s, we were able to eat
great food and listen/dance to wonderful live music; this was probably my
favorite part of the weekend.
We woke up early again on Saturday morning
to prepare for the main spectacle of the weekend. Some people went zip lining
or skydiving, but the majority of us spent our day at Face Adrenaline's bungy jumping
site. As we walked along the steel grate bridge to get to the bungy site you
could tell that everyone was getting nervous as they looked down to see the
river below. This bungy is the highest commercial bungy in the world, so the
216 meter fall is not to be taken lightly. When it was finally my turn to jump
I tried to think of it as little as possible. I watched the workers to make
sure I was clipped in and the carabiners were locked correctly, then I hopped to
the edge of the bridge. As they counted down 3, 2, 1, BUNGY! I jumped. The
whole thing was so surreal, my first thought was why did I just do that, but as
I continued falling and as I hung there I just enjoyed how relaxing the whole
experience was
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