pipe's TravelStream™ — Recent TravelPod.com entries TravelStream™ news feed for member pipe on TravelPod's free travel blogs service http://www.travelpod.com/syndication/rss/pipe en-us Copyright ©2009 TravelPod.com Fri, 24 Nov 2006 04:23:57 -0500 http://www.travelpod.com The end is nigh — Tokyo, Japan http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1163924640/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1163924640/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1163924640/tpod.html Fri, 24 Nov 2006 04:23:57 -0500 Pipe and Crazylegs worldwide wacky adventures!!
Tokyo, Japan

It feels a bit weird writing this from my house in Ipswich - without my trusty sidekick by my side - but I thought I would take the initiative and bring some closure to proceedings.

We flew to Tokyo, via Sydney, and after the initial slight dis-orientation, we didn't find it too difficult to navigate our way around. Slightly surprisingly, a lot of signs and announcements in Tokyo are in English - our pesky language gets everywhere doesn't it?! We commenced our time in this crazy city by trying to get some brekkie. Resisting the temptation to go to one of the thousands of McDonalds around, we went into a little cafe and ordered some Japanese cuisine pretty much completely blind. They have vending machines for everything in Tokyo, including when you go into some cafes and restaurants, so we just had to press a randomn button on the vending machine and hope a whole octopus didn't land in front of us. Anyway, the breakfasts were ok, if a little unfilling, Pipe had some sticky soya beans called 'natti' and he swears that they were so strong he could smell them on his pillow later on that day! - I thought they were ok, but I only had about three.

We went to Senso-Jii, which is the most impressive Buddhist temple in Tokyo, even if it didn't quite match up to Bangkok. Just walking around Tokyo, soaking up the sights and sounds, was a treat in itself to be honest. We checked out a few electronics stores - sadly, we didn't see any teleportation machines, telepathic telephones or the like - which we were kind of hoping for! They did have a 10 mega-pixel digital camera the same as Pipe's, though, which was just enough to satisfy.

We tried to go out for a few drinks in Shinjuko that night, but we were left severely wanting in the energy department, so after a bit more Japanese cuisine adventures, we strutted around - Pipe showing off his 'Shinjuku' t-shirt - and went to bed.

The next day was to be a day of sight-seeing outside of Tokyo. We went to Nikko, an area with lots of temples and buildings typical of old Japan. It was re-constructed in the 19th century, as a lot of things in Japan have been through the years, due to war and natural disasters. It took two hours to get there by (sadly not a bullet) train. It was still impressive and the area it was in was pretty spectacular - just look at the colours of the trees in the pics.

That night we decided to stay out all night and get to the Tsujiiktu fish market nice and early. We just about managed it, after an expensive sushi dinner and a few equally expensive rounds of sake and Asahi beers. Walking around the world's biggest fish market, where millions of fish are sold each day (where does it all come from?!) still pissed from the night before was a hilarious and brilliant experience - one of the best on the trip I would say. It was mad to be walking around as all this frantic activity went on around us - it was such an 'authentic' travelling experience. I can't possibly give an idea of how big this place really was - probably four times the size of Billingsgate fish market in London - look it up! And then there was all the dry goods markets around it - mental.

We went back to our hotel and grabbed a couple of hours kip, before heading to (yes, we're ashamed, but we felt ridiculously bad) McDonalds for breakfast. We then had to try and find a train station that was on none of our maps - that would have been hard without the hangover and lack of sleep - but was particularly difficult in our states. Anyway, we found it in the end and slumped into our futons, in our traditional Japanese Ryokan hotel, for another couple of hours of sleep.

The Ryokan was great - we got to wear the robes and slippers and everything. There were electronic massage chairs and it was in a really nice setting. That afternoon, we went to look around the city some more, including the Mori Art Museum - 52 floors up - and see the view of the city from there. The exhibition was questionable - all the work was video art by Bill Viola - we both agreed that the plasma screens were often more impressive than what was being shown on them! There was a good piece showing a group of people getting hit by a high powered pressure hose in slow motion, though - maybe we're just sadistic!

They love to shop in Tokyo, and we looked around a few shops that evening, surrounded by millions of Japanese doing like-wise. We finished by enjoying Tempura, a battered fish dish, traditional in Japan.

That morning, we had yet another traditional dish - making up for our McDonalds slip-ups! - this time it included a whole raw egg...not nice.

That was Tokyo, next stop....erm.....London, England - I'm going to buy a Lonely Planet London and book a couple of nights in the Piccadilly Circus Wake Up Hostel! Madame Tussauds here I come!
]]> Back home — London, United Kingdom http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1164359280/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1164359280/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1164359280/tpod.html Fri, 24 Nov 2006 04:13:46 -0500 Pipe and Crazylegs worldwide wacky adventures!!
London, United Kingdom

We're back in the real world, so I'm sure we'll be seeing a lot of you in due course. It was a hell of a trip, and the highlights are too many to list. Thanks to everyone who kept checking on our progress - We hope you've enjoyed reading it as much as we've enjoyed writing it (most of the time!)

All the best,

Sam and Pipe.
]]> Last stop in NZ! — Auckland, New Zealand http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1163962080/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1163962080/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1163962080/tpod.html Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:48:00 -0500 Pipe and Crazylegs worldwide wacky adventures!!
Auckland, New Zealand

So here we are in an internet place in Auckland winding down the last few hours in New Zealand before flying to our final destination of Tokyo. We arrived here on Thursday after a long drive from Pahia which I had to do solo because the Crazylegged one had a bit too much pop the night before! After arriving in the city and looking at the sky high parking charges we decieded to say farewell to our beloved Mazda Familia. The car has been an absolute legend and covered the 4800km with ease and zero problems throughout! We had our fresh catch from Pahia and neither of us were up for a big one so we just chilled in the hostel and cooked up our fish! The kitchen facilities were the worst we have encountered so far which was a pain but the fish was awesome and much more satisfying knowing that we caught it and are able to provide for ourselves! Sam's snapper was huge and was probably big enough to feed half of the hostel and my John Dory was ample and enough to feed me well! The following day we caught the ferry over to the other side of the city to check out Devonport, had a look at a few inactive volcanoes and then toured the central city CBD buying a much needed Lonely Planet for Tokyo in the process. We also went up the Sky Tower which at 350ish metres in the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere. Although there was an option to, we decided aginst throwing ourselves off this one and just admired the views instead!

On Saturday the weather was atrocious so we had a lazy morning and then went to the cinema for the first time in 3 months and saw The Departed which is a really good flick although NZ is really behind so its prob been out in England for a while. Then in the evening we met up with an old face from Reading Uni - Keshav! An eclectic (Sams favourite word ever!) mix - 2 English, 2 Indians, 1 Frenchman and a Yank met up early in a good ol' Irish bar and had a few jars before going to one of Keshavs coursemates house party. It was not like the student houses we are used to - it was a sweet riverside split level apartment! It was an awesome night and good to see the old boy as its been about 2 years and much alcohol was consumed and a good time was had by all!

So after surprisingly managing to be up and out of the hostel in time and not losing our key desposits we had a belgian breakfast (which included bubble and squeak - a first!) we prepare for the land of the rising sun.

For now Syonara xx

P.s Our hostel contained one of the craziest blokes we have had the pleasure to meet so far! He casually pulled a 8 inch carving knife out of his backpack along with a sharpener and began sharpening it for about 5 hours at 10 o'clock in the morning! Sam was in the bathroom at the time and was somewhat unnerved by the noise - he was pretty glad there was a locked door inbetween! He was an absolute loon an we are both cracking up writing this thinking about it!
]]> Thermal pools and mountain bikes — Rotorua, New Zealand http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1163145420/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1163145420/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1163145420/tpod.html Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:20:31 -0500 Pipe and Crazylegs worldwide wacky adventures!!
Rotorua, New Zealand

This has got to be a quick one because I'm running out of internet time. Rotorua is near the centre of the North island, and it is pretty much the thermal activity capital of New Zealand, so we had to have another go lying in the egg (sulphur) smelling hot pools - still haven't really noticed many benefits but it is pretty relaxing.

The main event was the mountain biking - which is good bacause the weather was shocking again. We got a couple of bad boys with suspension and disc brakes and tackled the many tracks around the forest near Rotorua - first we had to find the forest, and spent the first hour lost in the town - but we made it eventually.

It's pretty much the most dangerous thing we've done so far, and Pipe proved this by falling off - yes, Pipe! - he was ok, but has some nasty friction burns on his palms (nothing new there then. Boom. Boom.)

The tracks were top-notch and we even had time for some jumps.

The rest of the time it rained. But we did manage to go to the Maouri village where they served us awesome hangi (food cooked underground) and treated us to a (scary) haka and generally taught us ignorant fools some stuff about Maouri culture (like how much money you can make by filling a massive marquee twice a day with foreigners and dancing around in your pants!) It was really interesting though and we did learn a bit - but of course, we have read up on our Kiwi culture already. Sorry about the quick post - must dash!
]]> Bay of Islands — Pahiha, New Zealand http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1163719860/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1163719860/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1163719860/tpod.html Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:11:38 -0500 Pipe and Crazylegs worldwide wacky adventures!!
Pahiha, New Zealand

After a 6 hour drive, we arrived in Pahiha to enjoy the beautiful and (supposedly) sub-tropical Bay of Islands. We were quickly booked up to spend 24 hours on a cruise of the islands aboard the good ship 'The Rock.' Sean Connery was there to greet us, 'Welcome to the rock gentlemen.' He wasn't really, but the line from the film did come into our minds. We were all prepared for a booze fuelled night of mayhem, but we started to get a little worried when we were waiting on the wharf surrounded by, what appeared to be, the cast of 'Last of the Summer Wine.' - We were definitely the youngest there, but there were a few young 'uns and the oldies were really friendly. We met the first person from Suffolk - Sudbury - we have met, so after we threw him overboard, we set off on the converted car ferry.

The evening was punctuated with activities including fishing (Pipe caught one, I gave my line to a bloke to hold while I untangled his line for him, as the kind samaritan I am, and he caught one on my line - Pipe says that doesn't really count...I made up for it later though!) shooting with an air rifle (I nailed the target - a bottle attached to the back of the boat - 3 times out of 3 and was promptly crowned champion and rewarded with a free beer - I would have liked Dool to have been there to maybe give me some competition!) and finally, night kayaking among the luminous algae - the stars were out in force and it was a particularly beautiful thing to be kayaking on the calm seas like that.

The next day we did a bit more kayaking and visited one of the beaches - the weather was pretty good and we got our final opportunity to top up our fading tans. The food was not of the standard we have come to expect from boats, but we did go snorkelling to catch our own (massive) mussels, we cooked them up and they were good - all the better for being caught by our own fair hands. It cost extra to hire a wetsuit so us - being tight - decided that we would go in our shorts, the water was no more than 15 degrees and I think I was close to hyperthermic after half an hour in there. We also tried raw sea urchin, which was pretty good - considering.

The next day it rained and was really crap weather so we couldn't go snapper fishing as planned, instead we watched films and went for a bit of a walk. I decided to go out after a bottle of a cheeky red, and got wasted. Pipe - being the smart man he is - declined to come with me and he was right as rain the next day, while I was sick about 30 times bouncing around in the rain on our little fishing boat - I felt really, really bad. I have now been sick on approximately 5 boat trips - not bad, eh?!. Despite wanting to crawl into a hole and die, I caught the first snapper - it did take a while though, and we thought that Captain Bucko was going to take us back to land, I would have liked that, but we percervered and I was rewarded with a big old monster (I thought so anyway) and three standard sized snappers. I'm sure Pipe was cursing as I caught fish after fish (in between wretching over the side) especially as there was a few quid on the outcome, but he finally caught a John Dory (ugly fish) and had dinner for that night too. It was a good trip, and I think I have finally learnt my lesson about going on a boat after a night of drinking.

That afternoon Pipe drove all the way to Auckland with little complaint and we went to the Fat Camel to cook up our catches...
]]> Caving in Waitomo — Waitomo, New Zealand http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1163317800/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1163317800/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1163317800/tpod.html Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:09:38 -0500 Pipe and Crazylegs worldwide wacky adventures!!
Waitomo, New Zealand

We got to Waitomo and went to the tourist information office alsomst immediately to book up the most extreme crazist caving experience we could afford! We plumped for the Black Abyss tour which was a 5 hour tour with 3 hours underground and included most of the crazy things we wanted to do!

We met at the office and I had to raid the first aid kit for some tape for my shredded hands coutesy of mountain biking in Rotorura - i looked like a boxer - awesome!
The day began with a 35m metre abseil into the caves which waas really good and gave us a chance to utilize our abseilling skills gained canyonning in the Blue Mountains in Oz. After abseiling down 'hour-glass' formation we made our way through the caves to a flying-fox zipline where we crosses a canyon in the pitch black hurtling along the zip line which was cool. We then got in rubber toobs to do some toobin down the river inside the cave and although we were fully wetsuited up the water was not warm!! The entry into the water was jumping attached to the tube from about a 8m ledge! After going through the cave and seeing some excellent stalactites and stalacmites as well as spitting images of Gandalf from LOTR and a man enjoying 'relations' witha a sheep in the rock formations!!!

We then got started on the serious business in water heavy caves (we have had a lot of rain previously) which involvdd squezing through the most tiny holes and tunnels in the caves - not for the clostrophobic!

To roun off a brilliant day we freeclimbed up two waterfalls back into natural daylight.
The finale was hot soup and bagels which we shared with the samoan Rugby team who were there onanother tour! Not quite the All Blacks but still...
]]> Sky diving — Taupo, New Zealand http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1162884780/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1162884780/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1162884780/tpod.html Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:02:47 -0500 Pipe and Crazylegs worldwide wacky adventures!!
Taupo, New Zealand

After our first real disappointment of the whole trip: we wanted to do an awesome day long walk round Mount Doom (Lord of the Rings) but couldn't because the weather was pretty shocking, we headed straight for Lake Taupo and our date with destiny: jumping out of a plane at 15, 000ft. To make matters worse, I got a speeding ticket on the way (anyone got $180?! Decided not to run out of the country without paying, but it was tempting!) We were very nearly thwarted again; we had our first time cancelled and to waste some time around the lake (much the same as Mr Dool, I believe) we saw our first natural thermal fields and some rapids, so it wasn't a total washout. The weather was still touch-and-go when we went back, but luckily the jump was on - we just had to find a hole in the clouds to jumo through.

Strangley enough, I don't think either of us was as nervous for the skydive as we were the bungee, but the heartrates started to rise as we were ushered into the plane (the pilot forgot to take the rotor sock off first and nearly totally screwed the rotor up - which is always comforting when you're about to get into his plane!) Once we'd taken off and were safely nestled between our jump partners' legs (no guns in their pockets thankfully!) the tension began to build, and I gave Pipe a few nervous smiles which were returned with equal strain, and before we knew it we were at 12,000ft and circling for ages to find a suitable hole to jump through - on the last attempt, a hole was found and everyone apart from me and Pipe jumped out - we were sucking furiously on the oxygen from our oxygen masks (because we're hardcore!)

We banked sharply and made our way up to the big 1 5 and Pipe's instructor shuffled him forward - he always gets to go first! - he jumped and I was reaching a petrified fever! Then I reached the edge - it was really cold as I hung out of the plane (did I mention it was at 15,000ft?!) then we went on three and I entered a state of bliss for about 2 seconds, then that levelled out to adrenaline fuelled glee for about 45 seconds as I fell through the air, which in turn was swapped for utter calm as we floated to earth. It was absolutely amazing! Much patting of backs and smiles followed. Next stop Rotorua.
]]> The Capital! — Wellington, New Zealand http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1162715700/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1162715700/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1162715700/tpod.html Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:48:47 -0500 Pipe and Crazylegs worldwide wacky adventures!!
Wellington, New Zealand

So after the ferry crossing with the car from Picton we arrived in the nations capital - Wellington! We checked into a distinctive hostel slap-bang in the city centre called the Animal House which was painted in tasteful zebra stripes! After parking up and polishing of a sweet Dominos we got some cheap nasty gin (Sam has got me drinking gin and lemonade - bloody pretentious West London media types ;o)!! We hit the city and went to a few bars and ended up in a club dancing like loons to one of the anthems of the trip...a song by none other than Nelly Fataurdo!

The following day i was not feeling my best by a long way so it was a bit of a late start but we got to the biggest museum in the whole of NZ - Te Papa for a bit of culture. The museum is pretty awesome and has a bit of everything and a strong link to the Maori heritage. After which we had a tasty roast dinner and headed back to the hostel.

In the evening we both got roped into playing some poker with fellow travellers and lady luck was shining on me as i won both games and 50 bucks in the process - "Sweet As" as they say over here!

The following morning we left to head up North...
]]> Abel Tasman — Motueka, New Zealand http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1162616400/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1162616400/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1162616400/tpod.html Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:40:41 -0500 Pipe and Crazylegs worldwide wacky adventures!!
Motueka, New Zealand

So after our dolphin swimming exploits we headed to one of the most Northerly tips of the South island to spend our last few days in the in the South island in Abel Tasman National Park. After booking into a lovely homely hostel (with a cat and a dog!) in the nearby town of Motueka we arose the following morning to explore the park and take advantage of the stunning coastline by foot and by water!

After Sam AKA Bungle brought his 67th bottle of shower gel for the trip we booked up a two day package where we would walk for the first day, stay overnight in a catered boat in the park and then kayak the following day maximizing the amount of the park we could explore in the limited time we had.
We were once again spoilt with the weather and it was even warm enough top add to our once impressive but quickly diminishing tans!

After a fairly comfortable walk through the park with lunch on the beach (yes, you've guessed it another cheese, ham and tomato delight - they are sort of our trademark!) we made it to the Aquapackers boat which is a converted houseboat. After a hearty BBQ of steak and sausages (as per the Whitsundays, food on boats is awesome!) our skipper disappeared for an hour or so and brought us back a treat of 2 lobsters he casually plucked from the sea while scuba diving! After cooking them up and whipping up a sauce we tucked into the freshest lobster imaginable - from the sea to the plate almost instantaneously! The skipper than took us on to the mainland to check out a small glow worm cave which was cool and reminded us of Santa's grotto!

The following day we got to kayak! With the sun shining we got in our 2 man kayak and paddled our way down the coast stopping off on various islands and beaches. We saw a load more seals on one of the islands and stopped on various beautiful beaches enroute. After capsizing a 2 man Kayak between us in Koh Phi Phi in Thailand I (Pipe) was unsure if our partnership would last the whole day but the combination was a dream! The kayaks were sweet and even had pedals for the man sitting at the back (the 'driver') to steer, even though I thought I received some unjust criticism from Sam when I was driving when another kayak would blatantly cut us up!!!

Anyway, it was an awesome day and a beautiful place and we are due to leave for Picton tomorrow to catch the ferry across to Wellington and the North island....


P.s. USB sockets not working on this PC so photos of Kaikoura and Abel Tasman will be added at a later date xx
]]> 5-4-3-2-1-BUNJY!!!!!!! — Queenstown, New Zealand http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1164611340/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1164611340/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pipe/seasia-oz-nz06/1164611340/tpod.html Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:18:21 -0500 Pipe and Crazylegs worldwide wacky adventures!!
Queenstown, New Zealand

So the adrenaline filled town of Queenstown is upon us after the long wait! Coming from the beautiful and relaxing Milford we were well keen to step things up a few gears so straight away we booked up a whole bunch of activities and completely rinsed any remaining funds on our poor credit cards! We then went to sample the night life in Queenstown with their countless bars and clubs surely a great night was in order...Wrong!! After the bloke from our hostel who we went out with was telling us how good the previous night was (a bloody Wednesday!) the night we got there (Thursday) was a washout!

The following morning we met Sam's distant long lost second cousin or something - Jamie. We then went on the cable car gondola up to the Luge where you bomb down a track in little more than a tea-tray with a brake. But on the way up on the spur of the moment Jamie knew one of the girls working on the Ledge bungy jump which was next door to the Luge for free - how could we refuse! We thought it would serve as a good warm up for the big one which we would do on Sunday - The Nevis! The Ledge stood at 47m overlooking Queenstown and because it was my (Pipe) first bungy jump I was still personally a little nervous but the leap was made much easier because you can take a running jump so you don't have to stand their looking over the edge! That evening we went out with Jamie (top fella!) and a load of his crazy mates and had a cracker of an evening - about time too! We drank a copious amount of locally brewed beer commencing from happy hour which began at 5pm until the wee hours!

The following morning feeling somewhat fragile we met at 8am to go white water rafting - exactly what we needed! We were put in a raft with 4 small Asian's and the member of staff we were assigned was a huge Maori geezer known as The Chief - think of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest! Chief was similar to a crazy drill sergeant and didn't take to kindly to these 2 hungover and quite frankly useless English bums! After some serious ball breaking and even getting demoted to the second row of the raft we woke up and began to be useful - ha ha!
In the afternoon we had a go on the Shotover Jet, which is similar to a speedboat but uses a special hybrid engine which moves by displacing water at a ferocious rate. We were going at 80km down the river in as little as 10cm of water and getting as close to the rock faces as humanely possible! The jets pilot was supremely skilled as we could quite literally touch the rocks as we flew past them!

After a quiet recovery night watching England lose to the Kiwis at Rugby (no surprise there then) we psyched ourselves up for the one we had been waiting for - The Nevis Bungy!! The tallest in NZ (possibly 3rd biggest in world?!) standing at 134m (440ft) with a 8.5 second freefall! After an excruciating 45 minute bus ride up to the hills to prolong the agony even more we went out in the cable car suspended between 2 cliffs in the pouring rain and I have never been so scared in my life - my heart was pounding at a crazy rate of knots! To sum it up I will call on a quote from a well known philosopher when faced with a similar situation - "Even my Shit was scared" (Dool, 2006)...sorry mum!
The bungy rules being the heaviest goes first and us being with a large group of Asians who weighed less than my hoody your boy Pipe was first up! I had to shuffle to the edge of the platform on a tiny metal square (where its impossible not to look down!) and then after the 5-4-3-2-1 it was time to bungy!! Throwing myself off was not too hard but it was an incredibly exhilarating experience! Once I got back up with the biggest smile ever on my face that I had done it I could sit back and relax as Sam went through the same ordeal I had been through! I don't think I have ever seen him so scared but he completed the jump no problems and happy as Larry we went to get a well earned Subway to celebrate then set off on our travels again. Check out the pics!!
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