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It was so nice to have a lie in today. We didn't even set our alarms!
Today was the BIG day. Bungy jump. I checked in at the Station office at 12.50pm. I was more excited than nervous. Therese also had to check-in as a spectator. It normally costs $50 (£25) to be a spectator, but the other day when we were booking it, Mel said to the guy can't they get a discount. He said no, so she said well they've just got engaged! So he said, in that case, I tell you what, you can go watch for free! Bonus! Mel saved us $50.
The Nevis Bungy site is a 45 minute mini-bus ride away. We had to go off road and drive up quite a steep hillside to get to the Nevis station. Straight away, we were kitted out in harnesses. I was weighed, then we had to go wait on a viewing platform. That's when I saw what I had let myself in for. A little station is suspended in the middle of the valley by cables, and to get to it we had to ride across in a cable car! That was scary enough in itself. As we were going across, people were doing their Bungy jump. They jumped and just kept falling, and falling, and falling...down the valley towards a river. Even the station was scary to stand in, just suspended on cables and swaying around. They have Perspex openings in the floor of the station so that you can see people falling on the Bungy. And the whole thing is open so that you can actually watch people jump. One big guy did the jump, then one of the staff said right everybody needs to stand right in the corner to even the weight out so that we could hoist the guy back up...
I was a lot less nervous than I thought I'd be. I was really excited and full of adrenaline. I suppose I'd watched quite a few people jump who hadn't hesitated.
Now it was my turn. I was called out to get my legs strapped up. Then I had to go through to sit in a chair to get more straps on. As I was sat there, I looked over my shoulder and because it's all open I could see right down to the river...then my chair jolted back!! It's a bit loose the chair so it kind of rocks a bit. Thought I was about to fall out. The guy stood me up and I had to shuffle towards the ledge. I was leaning back to make sure I didn't fall. He kept telling me to get closer so I took a bit of a step and the heavy strap at the front of me dropped off the edge (as it's supposed to) pulling me forward...there's enough things to make you nervous!! He made me go right forward until my toes were hanging off the edge. And then...3...2...1, I bent my knees and sprung off the edge with my arms out in the air and dived down into the valley!! It was such a weird feeling! As I bent my knees and started to spring off the edge, there was a split second where I just thought what the hell am I doing, but the wheels were in motion and I was gone.
It was absolutely brilliant. Such a buzz. It's a bit of a blur though. It's over so quick. The first thing I thought after was I want to do it again but higher. It's such a weird feeling when you realise you are about to jump from such a height and all you have is a big elastic band attached to your feet. What a feeling.
I decided to get the DVD and the photos which were an extra $80 (£40). Pricey, but they're pretty good. Therese was definitely not feeling like she'd missed out on anything. She said she thinks she was more nervous for me than I was!
We made it back to the hostel at about 5pm and I jumped in the sauna room. It was pretty cold up there today, so it was nice to warm up. Might as well make the most of the free facilities too!
Tonight is our last night as a 'family'! Craig leaves on the Stray bus tomorrow. So we decided to go out for our last 'family' meal. We went to a place called Sombreros for Mexican food. And it was sooo nice. Huge portions and all freshly made, even the tortillas for the fajitas. Probably the best guacamole I've ever had too. It was a really lovely meal and it was Bring Your Own alcohol, so we took a couple of cheap bottles of wine with us. Got charged $7 (£3.50) corkage though. Cheeky. So we said we only had one bottle!
After stuffing ourselves once again, we went for some farewell drinks at Buffalo Bar. Just got there before the end of happy hour too - bonus! Dean and Jodie met us in there as well, and they leave tomorrow on the same bus as Craig, so it was a good get together. We had a really good time in there again, singing and dancing the night away.
There was just me and Therese left in the end though, as the rest had early starts in the morning. We stayed in there for quite a while, then moved onto World Bar for a bit
It was getting late so we headed back, but then stumbled across this little place called Bardeaux. What an awesome find it was as well. It's a small, cosy, dimly lit wine bar, with big leather sofas and a huge open fire. And we managed to get on the leather sofa, right in front of the fire. It was lovely sat there. It felt like we were in our own ski chalet. I NEED my own open fire at home.
It was about 4am by the time we got in!
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