The Bungee!

Today was the day I had been waiting for since I have arrived in South Africa, the bungee! Not just a bungee, the highest bungee jump from a bridge in the world! After we signed our life away, we went to get harnessed for the jump.  I have never had so much adrenaline.  I could not even stand still.  After we were harnessed, we had to walk across the bridge looking down on what we were about to jump.  As we were walking you could hear the cars pass by.  Once the group was on the bridge, they started bumping music to get us all fired up.  We met some really cool people in our bungee group, but I mean come on you have to be pretty cool to jump off a bridge!  As each person went all we could do was cheer!  A worker came up to me and said alright it is your turn!  HOLY ADRENALINE!  They then put velcro padding around your ankles so the cord does not hurt you.  As the worker turned away my velcro padding came undone!  That doesn’t freak you out or anything.  I was being a worry wart, when my favorite song came on, Waka Waka! My friends requested that they play my favorite song when I was to jump.  This got me excited, and all I could do was dance.  The workers sure got a kick out of me.  The next thing I know I am standing over the edge.  5,4,3,2,1 jump. Oh I forgot to mention that it had started to rain.  The jump was the most peaceful thing I have ever done.  As I was falling I could feel the mist against my face.  Once you are done with the bounce back, you have to wait for a guy to come and get you on a cable.  As you are hanging upside down you are in astonishment of everything around you.  I wanted everyone to know I was okay so I started doing the Waka Waka dance as I was hanging upside down.  When I got to the top all the workers were laughing and one said to me, “working here we have seen a lot of jumps, but you’re the first to do the Waka Waka dance off!”

After the jump we headed to Tsitsikamma to zipline over 6 different falls.  This was a nice and relaxing way to end the day but, after the bungee jumping, ziplining was not the best idea because our standards were so high.  After our ziplining, we got back in Carmen and headed towards Mossel Bay.  When we got to Mossel Bay, I realized that I had a minor case of Whiplash due to the Bungee.  I could barely move my neck but no big deal the jump was worth the pain.  We went out for dinner on the Beach and then chilled on the beach after.