What can I say, I LOVE ADVENTURE. Barbs and I look for any and every opportunity to have fun and push ourselves to the limits. One experience that I'll never forget is a trip that my family took, at the beginning of this year, to a small place called "La Jolla de Mismaloya". It's located about 30 minutes South of Puerto Vallarta on the west coast of Mexico. My brother Weston and I have always talked about how we would love to go bungee jumping over the cliffs and ocean every time we visited this place, so during our last trip we sucked it up and took the plunge :) Talk about an adrenaline rush, we couldn't stop talking about it for hours after we took the leap. The only thing I remember saying as I leaped off the plat form was AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! and the only thing I could think of was "I hope the cords don't snap and I hope I don't go smashing into the warm ocean water or the sharp cliffs". Needless to say, I'm still alive, but looking back at the experience, Barbs likes to remind me how crazy we were to put our lives in the hands of some side-road bungee shack that probably doesn't meet the security or safety codes of the U.S. and how the cords are probably just waiting to snap any day. To tell you the truth, that was half the excitement :) I was planning on going bungee jumping in Europe a couple years ago when I was there last but when we went to the tram where they used to offer it, we were informed that a few years ago the bungee operator miscalculated the cords of one jumper who ended up dying after smashing into the ground. So........after missing one opportunity to fall over 200 feet, I wouldn't let the next opportunity pass me by.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Adrenalin Rush!
What can I say, I LOVE ADVENTURE. Barbs and I look for any and every opportunity to have fun and push ourselves to the limits. One experience that I'll never forget is a trip that my family took, at the beginning of this year, to a small place called "La Jolla de Mismaloya". It's located about 30 minutes South of Puerto Vallarta on the west coast of Mexico. My brother Weston and I have always talked about how we would love to go bungee jumping over the cliffs and ocean every time we visited this place, so during our last trip we sucked it up and took the plunge :) Talk about an adrenaline rush, we couldn't stop talking about it for hours after we took the leap. The only thing I remember saying as I leaped off the plat form was AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! and the only thing I could think of was "I hope the cords don't snap and I hope I don't go smashing into the warm ocean water or the sharp cliffs". Needless to say, I'm still alive, but looking back at the experience, Barbs likes to remind me how crazy we were to put our lives in the hands of some side-road bungee shack that probably doesn't meet the security or safety codes of the U.S. and how the cords are probably just waiting to snap any day. To tell you the truth, that was half the excitement :) I was planning on going bungee jumping in Europe a couple years ago when I was there last but when we went to the tram where they used to offer it, we were informed that a few years ago the bungee operator miscalculated the cords of one jumper who ended up dying after smashing into the ground. So........after missing one opportunity to fall over 200 feet, I wouldn't let the next opportunity pass me by.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Fiji Adventure
Barbs and I took advantage of our stay in Fiji and tried to experience everything 
that Fiji has to offer. Wananavu Resort is located on the Northernest tip of Viti Levu (Main island of Fiji), a couple miles from the town of Rakiraki. As soon as Barbs and I landed in Fiji, we knew we were in paradise, what we didn't know is that Fiji is a developing country. The majority of the people live in small huts or shacks made out of cement with tin roofs. The number one exported good from Fiji used to be sugar cane, but is now Fiji water. Go figure :) The natives are so polite and willing to do anything to help.
The Fijian culture, food, music and dress is so different and beautiful. While at the resort we did everything from snorkeling, horseback riding on the beaches and in the sugar can fields, hiking, ocean kayaking, tennis and we even slid down a waterfall into a pool of water. The weather was extremely hot and humid but not unbearable. Our Bure (hotel room / hut) was located right on the beach and looked directly out across the water to a nearby island. We were fortunate to see both an ocean sunrise every morning as we woke up and we also saw ocean sunsets every evening. Its a rare occasion to see both the sun rise and fall over the ocean. On our last day in Fiji, we took the ocean kayaks and kayaked over to the nearest island, which took 
about 30 minutes of non-spot paddling. We then spent the next 4 hours just laying on the beach and playing in the water. While snorkeling along the reefs of this small island, we saw everything from sea snakes, eels, starfish, blow fish and every kind of bright tropical fish that I can imagine. After snorkeling for about an hour we realized that we drifted about a half mile off shore and quickly got the jitters that maybe we were a little to far off shore. I swear we could then hear the sounds of jaws playing in the background. Barbs couldn't take it anymore and "
b-lined" it back to the beach. I've never seen her move so quickly :) I, in the mean time, slowly swam back taking in all the coral reef and sea life.
that Fiji has to offer. Wananavu Resort is located on the Northernest tip of Viti Levu (Main island of Fiji), a couple miles from the town of Rakiraki. As soon as Barbs and I landed in Fiji, we knew we were in paradise, what we didn't know is that Fiji is a developing country. The majority of the people live in small huts or shacks made out of cement with tin roofs. The number one exported good from Fiji used to be sugar cane, but is now Fiji water. Go figure :) The natives are so polite and willing to do anything to help.
The Fijian culture, food, music and dress is so different and beautiful. While at the resort we did everything from snorkeling, horseback riding on the beaches and in the sugar can fields, hiking, ocean kayaking, tennis and we even slid down a waterfall into a pool of water. The weather was extremely hot and humid but not unbearable. Our Bure (hotel room / hut) was located right on the beach and looked directly out across the water to a nearby island. We were fortunate to see both an ocean sunrise every morning as we woke up and we also saw ocean sunsets every evening. Its a rare occasion to see both the sun rise and fall over the ocean. On our last day in Fiji, we took the ocean kayaks and kayaked over to the nearest island, which took 
about 30 minutes of non-spot paddling. We then spent the next 4 hours just laying on the beach and playing in the water. While snorkeling along the reefs of this small island, we saw everything from sea snakes, eels, starfish, blow fish and every kind of bright tropical fish that I can imagine. After snorkeling for about an hour we realized that we drifted about a half mile off shore and quickly got the jitters that maybe we were a little to far off shore. I swear we could then hear the sounds of jaws playing in the background. Barbs couldn't take it anymore and "
b-lined" it back to the beach. I've never seen her move so quickly :) I, in the mean time, slowly swam back taking in all the coral reef and sea life.
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