This past weekend, we finally went on the trip we’ve been
planning since we arrived in Cape Town: Plettenberg Bay. We left directly after
class on Thursday, and then we began our adventures on Friday morning with a
trip to Cango Caves. I had never been inside a cave before, and these were
incredible. We explored everything from the enormous caverns to the impossibly
tiny passageways, and everybody had a great time. From there, we went straight
to Knysna Elephant Park. Elephants are by far my favorite animals, and so I
sort of freaked out when we got the chance to feed and pet them. But the next
morning’s activity was the craziest by far: Bungee jumping! We went with Face
Adrenalin’s site on the Bloukrans Bridge, which is the highest commercial
bridge bungee jump in the world (216 meters!).
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| Allie (back row far right) with the crew ready to bungee jump |
I’ve never been afraid of
heights, but I admit that as I peeked over the edge, I was absolutely
terrified. But all that fear vanished the moment I jumped, and it was replaced
by pure joy. Falling through the air, with nothing except the trees around you
and the river below you- it was indescribably amazing. Plus, the fact that we
all jumped as a group made it a lot better. They had music playing at the top
of the bridge to pump everybody up, and it was comforting to know that as scary
as it was to jump, all my friends were right there with me. As if that wasn’t
enough of an experience, we even got to dip our toes in the Indian Ocean on the
way home- a first for me! Over, it was a fantastic weekend and I’m so glad we
were able to go.
I think if I had to describe the past few days
in one word, it would have to be “surreal”. Everything we did and saw seemed
too amazing to be real. Even as it was happening, I couldn’t believe that I was
dangling hundred of feet in the air, or that I was standing face to face with
an elephant. It almost feels like this can’t actually be my life; these are all
cool things I hear about from other people, or only experience through the
pages of a book or the screen of my computer. But as impossible as it seems,
it’s all real. I’m here, and I’m lucky
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