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Published: March 8th 2007
Flying high
This is peewee herman, cruising at an altitude of 150 meters... The Gibbons Experience!
This is possibly the most amazing thing we've ever done. We we're only in the jungle for two nights but we could have stayed for weeks.
We arrived at a small village in the mountains by jeep and then continued on foot to a jungle camp. Once there, we were given a harness to put on. After playing for a good while with the pet monkies and rescued baby bear we headed further into the forest. One tree we came to had a large steel cable tied to it. Our guides then told us to attach our harness to the cable and jump off the wooden platform. As you glide along the cable, the jungle wizzes past you and then suddenly falls away beneath you! You're cruising above the canopy when you see your jungle accomodation come flying towards you on the other end of the cable! Our treehouse was easily the best treehouse we've ever seen. It had a shower and toilet (with a drainage grill pouring onto the jungle below) and running tap water. It even had three floors and slept 7 of us in it! The guides brought us masses of
food 4 times a day and showed us how to work the zip lines. After the first couple of lines - which felt really high - we thought this place was incredible. Then we walked to the next set of lines. Again, the jungle flies past you as you pick up speed- then the whole valley drops away beneath you and you're cruising 150 meters above the ground. The view from there is really special. We spent a lot of time just going back and forth, trying to soak it all up.
The first night we were hit by a storm so we were all freaking out. The tree was swaying and a guide came and told us to put our harnesses on; if it got really bad we had to bail out.
At dawn the guides took us out and tried to find the black gibbons. We didn't see any but it was amazing to hear them singing accross the forest. We had to move in silence and every time one would sing somewhere above us the guide would start us racing through the jungle.
We're now in Chiang Mai, Thailand and have have booked our
flights to the Nam next week. Miss you all lots and hope you like our pics!
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Timmy
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I heard you were enjoying being a bum but did not believe it till now hope the home brew is good. got an interview for a new job have to save some money and try and visit i could handle not showering you know that don't know about the misses. you meet jack johnson any were i heard he was a bit of a bum. your mission if you except it from now is to teach a person in each place to say 'west side' or 'ur having a buble bath'