We bused to Houay Xai and met up with Skinalicious (skinny and alice), who had been in Thailand. We had jacked up this Gibbon Experience trip, heard good things about it but really had no idea what we'd be doing. See for yourself. Above - Long drop toilet out of a tree house 30m in the air.
Breaking dawn from our bed in treehouse 2
Launching into the unknown - thick mist filling the valleys on the first morning. I think this zip line was 300m long, and about 75m high in the middle...
Good old friends, it was just like the good old times. Nobody changes.
Our group with the guides. We all looked out for each other. The guiding was minimal - they showed us the ropes (literally) then allowed us to do as much zipping as we wanted before dark each day, responsible for our own harnesses, attaching our own equipment, and each other! The responsibilty made it more real, more scary and more exciting.
Swimming in a freezing cold lagoon. Can you feel the hesitation?Here is a vid of me coming in on a zip line. First vid on the blog, go me!
Then it was bye skinalicious, we went back to the border town Huoay Xai, and now we are back in Thailand! To be continued. 17 days til Tokyo.
3 comments:
OOooo ooOOOoo!!!!!! That looks so freakin awesome! And those glorious monkey noises. If only they were real monkeys. All that zipping would probably be a bit less fun with heavy backpacks.
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