What we did: skydiving
Budget: NZ$150/$125; Spent: NZ$1120/$941
• Woke up at 2pm
• Went to clinic; Jeff has been sick for quite some time; both wanted to get tested for parasites
• Came back to hostel to ask about skydiving; told us we could go right away
• Limo picked us up at 4:30pm
• Arrived about 15 minutes later
• Showed us a video, packages
• Got dressed up, met our skydiving tandem partner
• Got into the plane, 20 minute ride to 15,000 feet
• Patty jumped out first, Jeff second
• Absolutely amazing experience: Jeff had a great time right from the beginning; wasn’t scared and had an awesome time with the diver with the camera; mouth got really dry near the end and it was a little hard to breath, but that only lasted for a moment; once the parachute opened, it was a very nice float down to earth; a couple time my co-diver, Damian, did some really fast circles which I suppose got us to descend very fast, and this was quite a ride; crazy because the top of the parachute was at the same level as we were; we quickly reached the ground
• Patty: ….
• It was an exhilarating experience for both of us. We may have just found a new hobby.
• We picked out our shirts
• Watched our videos
• Got rides back to our hostel
• Ate dinner, each got a drink with the meal; we were so excited to have jumped from the plane and couldn't stop talking about it
• Later that night, we walked to a grocery store and picked up a bunch of food for the next couple of days
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