Rolling down a hill while strapped inside a giant rubber ball. Ziplining - Superman style - down a 840m line, 4,500 feet above sea level. On Wednesday, Nov. 17, we lived out the ultimate Amazing Race fanboy experience at the Dahilayan Adventure Park, located 2 hours outside Cagayan De Oro.
Wonderfully organized once again by my cousins Karen and Isis, the trip was truly memorable and fun. I also had the pleasure of meeting my cousin Kacy for the first time. The five of us, along with my cousin Apao and his friend, had a blast.
We did the zipline first; three lines to be exact. The two shorter ones - 150m and 320m - were the traditional sitting up zipline. We then boarded a truck that drove us to a higher mountain top for the Superman-style zipline, which, at 840m, is also Asia's longest dual zipline.
We broke off into pairs - and Andrew and I rode down the mountain together. We first had to put on this apron-like harness that was then attached - via six hooks - to the zipline. Helmet ready, we were flung head first, face looking onward, into the wide open.
The views of the mountain top to our right, the trees around us and the ground far below us was quite spectacular. I held my hands wide open to my side, letting the fast wind blow between the fingers of my left hand, while my right hand gripped tightly around my camera, as it filmed every second of the fantastic ride (see clip above).
And as for the ride inside the giant rubber ball, I will let the video clip - and my high-pitched girlish wail - speak for itself.
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