Nerves of Steel. Body of old man!

 This is the second attempt at this blog post. This is part 1

Jaime picked us up at 0700 and we were on our way to Banos (Ban yos). We treavelled the same road as yesterday for about 90 minutes before heading east up into the mountains.

We travelled through some indigenious towns. The women wear beautiful traditional clothes.

The fruits and flowers that could be purchased at roadside locations were fantastic and Caro purchased a few kinds of fruit. Incidently 24 roses could be purchased for one dollar.

We saw huge amounts of sugar cane and later in the day we were able to watch some being crushed and then we purchased some. It tastes wonderful.

The scenery in these mountains is spectacular (the same as yesterday.

First major stop of the day was a cable car across the river valley. After a bit of nerves we enjoyed the ride back and forth.

The photos are slightly out of order but I can't figure out how to rearrange them tonight.AARRGGHH

Immediately after finishing on the cable car we drove down the road a very short way to one of the numerous ziplines here (this town is very well known as an adventure style vacation location).

For $10USD each we decided (with "some" trepidation) to "go for it"

Suiting up in all the safety gear went smoothly.Cameras and anything else that could fall off a person were placed in zippered pockets. Eye glasses had string attached to hold them on. We were instructed on what to do and then (starting with Jaime,then Caro,then me) we were loaded like a flying Superman for our individual trips (both directions).

Soon it was my turn (gulp).Off I went ,sort of enjoying the view at (maybe) 10,000 FEET ABOVE THE RIVER. OK only a few hundred meters ( I am not sure and couldn't find out from the internet tonight)

I was slowing down too soon at the far end and they had to throw a rope for me to catch and then I was pulled in.

Going back I was again the final one. Now I am a pro at this and it should be good.Right??

Go to part 2 of todays blog.