Garden Route and THE HIGHEST BUNGY JUMP IN THE WORLD!!!

After finally being able to tear myself away from the beautiful Cape Town, i headed back up the Garden Route. Caught a bus to Wilderness to visit Melling and the rest of the Oakley team in Wilderness. Had such a great few days with them all. Was great to catch up with someone from home and hear the good ol' Aussie accent and our coastal slang again! haha. Wilderness is such a beautiful little town and i spent most of my time sleeping on the beach whilst the boys did their thing in the surf. So grateful to Seth and the rest of the team for looking after me for those couple of days, it was a lot of fun!
Almost all the other travellers i have met along the way have raved about this bungy jump in Stormsriver. Hence i had kind of been talking it up, saying i was going to do it, however when i actually reached Stormsriver, I kind of swallowed my words! Half of me really wanted to do it but the other half couldnt stop thinking about the rope breaking!! Not good i know but these things go through your head in situations like these! Hehe. Anyhoo i was sitting chatting at the backpackers and this group of italian and indian guys got off the bus and grabbed me and said "YOU'RE COMING!!". I honestly didnt have a chance to refuse and i am sooo grateful to those guys now as I dont think i would have done it if it wasnt for them!!
So i did it!!!! THE HIGHEST BUNGY JUMP IN THE WORLD PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!! It was sooooooo amazing. I wasnt as scared as i thought i was going to be either. The scariest part was walking over to the middle of the bridge. The path was made of wat looked like chicken wire so u could see down and it moved beneath your feet each step you took!! Yo it was a challenge. Didnt help either that my instructor thought it would be hilarious to shake the bridge! Once i was in the middle of the bridge they were playing awesome music to get you pumped up so we were dancing and all buzzing with anticipation and adrenalin. Hearing the screams of the people before me wasnt very comforting but wen it came to my turn I wasnt scared at all just totally pumped and couldnt wait to get it done! They strapped my feet together and then you hop towards the edge and place your toes over the side. It really is in a stunning area, looking out over the mountains and a gorgeous river running through this massive valley. I didnt look down and after the count of 5 i launched myself out into the mountains......It was the MOST AMAZING FEELING EVER!!!!!!! free falling for about 6-7 seconds as the valley and river below rush towards you!! Soooo beautiful! Then you bounce a couple of times and fly through the air which is soooo much fun! Hanging upside down waiting for the guy to come down and pick you up isnt the best with all the blood rushing to your head. Finally after wat felt like 20 minutes he arrived and i latched onto him like nothing else and told him i loved him! haha. He then asked me to marry him and i said i'd do anything just as long as he got me off this thing!! hahahaha it was such an amazing experience i am soooo stoked that i did it. yer thats right.....HIGHEST IN THE WORLD!! Woooooooooooooooooo

After such a massive day with all the anticipation and adrenalin we were exhausted by the time we got home to the backpackers. We had a few celebration drinks then all passed out quite early. The next day i hitched a lift with the owner of the b/packers to Port Elizabeth. It was great to see my friends Lyle and Olly at Lungile Backpackers again that i had met on my way down to Cape Town. Met some other GAP students there from America and England and we partied hard for a couple of nights and chilled out at the beach. On my last night we started early at the backpackers drinking and playing pool then hit a cocktail bar where a friend of mine worked. It was 2 for 1 from 5-7pm so we all made the most of that! The best cocktails...quite deadly though. We then headed out and danced like no tomorrow until the club closed at 2am then headed to the beach to chill and watch the sun come up! It was soo much fun, no sleep though so I was wrecked. Lyle took me to the airport in the arvo and I fell asleep before the plane had even taken off! Arrived in Johannesburg at 7:30pm and was picked up by my friend Lewis who was part of our orientation team when i first arrived in South Africa back in July. He organised accomodation for me and we went out for a few drinks then I crashed. The next day he dropped me off at the station and i caught a bus to Polokwane. Slept the whole way as usual and was sooo excited to arrive back in Limpopo!! Visited Maureen and John (my Gap grandparents) briefly then got a taxi back home to Jane Furse. I was sooo happy wen i headed out of the city and back into the rural areas again. When i saw the sign to jane furse it was soooo exciting. Arriving back in the school was amazing. I received such a warm welcome. All the kids were screaming and chasing my taxi. When i got out i got bowled over with hugs and kisses. It bought me to tears. It was so good to be home. I had had the most AMAZING time travelling, the best time of my life, but it almost as good to arrive back to my family here at St Marks. I cant thank God enough for how much he has blessed my life. Throughout all my travels I only had positive experiences. Not once did i feel unsafe, threatened or unhappy and i know that is because he was always watching over me and guided me safely back to Jane Furse. I am so grateful and feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to do what i have done. South Africa is such a n exciting country and I know that i may keep repeating myself, but the people here have truly changed my life!