Bungy Ballet

Trip Start Mar 10, 2007
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Trip End Jan 08, 2008


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Sunday, October 14, 2007

I had seem this activity on the day I took the Gondola up to the Skyline restaurant, but as there were only small children on it at the time I had dismissed it as a kid's passtime, though I was tempted to play even then, as it looked like good fun.  I decided that, while in Queenstown this time around, I would get over my prejudice (afterall, we just become bigger kids with more expensive toys don't we?) and embrace the big kid inside.

I was very glad that I did, as the Bungy Ballet (more properly, bungy trampolining, but ballet sounds better) is one of the most fun and daft things that I have done in a long time.  My grin was permanently fixed to my face while I was on it.  Essentially, the bungy trampoline, is a giant baby bouncer, but, unlike a baby, I had good, if not total, control over my movements, which meant that I could bounce higher, and start to do tricks.  Nothing too fancy mind, just the odd somersault, and backflip, and then a series of tick-tock (forward one bounce and back over the next).  I do really recommend it, even though it makes you very dizzy, because it is incredibly good fun, and an excellent workout for the abs.  In fact, bungy ballet is a complete body workout in about five minutes - well, that was all I could really manage actively, though admittedly I am out of shape (all that gym effort wasted).  Put one of these in a gym though and I would be there every day - it was great fun!

The main problem with it is that while you bounce your harness rides up over your hips and really starts to rub, I was actually bruised when I finished on it.  For that reason I was only on for about ten minutes - five active and five just lamely bouncing, and for the rest of the day I was decidedly inactive, sitting by the lake and writing up my journal.  I am getting quite behind with it because I have been socialising every night, so it is quite hard to get back on track.

My time in Queenstown, on the whole, has been much less active than I had anticipated (and not because of journal duties, just a general desire to sit by the lake has overwhelmed my inner adrenaline junkie), but I have enjoyed the quiet of it immensely, if only because my days are so full when I am on the bus.
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