Zip-lining and the Tarzan swing

I just spent 20 minutes writing this entry and then deleted it by mistake. Not a happy bunny.

As a result I'm going to go for a condensed version:

Basically, the weather this morning confirmed we'd made the right decision to skip Rio Celeste, so instead we decided to do the insane zip-lining at Ecoglide. I'm getting quite into facing my vertigo now, so I couldn't wait.

The zip wires run through the forest from platform to platform, strarting very high up and gradually bringing you back to ground level, where the base is.

The whole experience was very well managed and it felt like the most simple thing to be zipping down a wire at 40mph by the time we'd done the first two.

Halfway through we had the option to do the Tarzan swing, which is basically a really high tree swing that flings you out into the forest and back. As usual Amber and I were last in line, so we got to hear all the screams of the previous victims before taking our turn. Terrifying and exhilarating all at the same time. It had to be done and we both survived.

They even give you a free beer at the end! That's my kind of service.

We had lunch in town before heading back to the hotel.

As an aside, I just saw a Swallow-tailed hawk gliding over the Kokoro. Really pleased with this sighting as it's an amazingly graceful bird and I haven't seen one before.