Zip line baby!

Even though we had to wake up early today..we had a good reason! We were up at 5:45am to get ready for zip lining through the Thailand rain forest! We missed breakfast (it started at 6:30am) BUT I thought ahead and brought a plastic baggie with us downstairs hoping the buffet had set up early. And it had! Woo hoo! So (like the old woman I am) I stuffed some muffins and pastries in my plastic baggie and we were off!

We were in a big van and met the 6 other people who would be in our group. There was a man from Germany, a man from Sweden, a couple from Denmark and a couple from New Zealand. It took about an hour to get to the starting point and the ride was SO bumpy and windy! Luckily, I had taken some Bonine because otherwise I probably would have been very carsick.

We arrived at the Flight of the Gibbon to sign our life away and get harnessed in. We took a short 5 minute drive to the start of the zip line and we were off! It was so fun and there were 15 platforms in all. One by one we would do the zip line and then get unharnessed, harnessed to the tree and then unharnessed and back on the zip line! Luckily they did all the hard work for us! We had a LOT of fun and took a lot of pictures! It wasn’t as physically challenging as we though (you really only had to sit there and they would guide you) but it was a blast!

After the final ride we went back to the main place to pick up our backpacks and then headed to an area to see a waterfall. We had no idea what to expect, but nobody warned us that it was going to be SO physical! There were carved out stairs, but MAN it was a hike! Our legs were all shaking by the time we were done! Lorna fell once (it was SO slippery) but sadly I was in front of her and wasn’t able to witness it! It was very beautiful but I don’t think it was worth the hike!

We left the waterfall for the short drive back to the main area for lunch! It was almost like a Thai village neighborhood and I am not sure which huts the zip line place owned verses where people lived! Lunch was actually pretty good. We had rice, potatoes, chicken in a spicy broth (Lorna thought it was TOO spicy) and non spicy chicken and veggies. We ALSO had fruit for dessert. Overall, I was very impressed!

Since we had signed up for the early morning trip we got back around 2:00pm which was VERY nice! I think we all enjoyed the fact that we did zip lining in the morning (before it got too hot) and that we would still have the afternoon free!

We all came back and took well needed showers AND naps since we were exhausted! It was one of those “we could have kept sleeping all through the night” naps, but we did wake up and head out! Lorna wasn’t feeling well (she had a headache) so mom and I had a date and went a delicious Italian place for dinner. It had a really cute courtyard and was very good. We then walked to a place called Chocolate Fact for dessert only to find out it was closed! The hotel concierge LIED to us about the hours! Oh well, we just treated ourselves at Häagen-Dazs instead!

Hugs and kisses from the zip lining girls!