Yesterday morning we lazed around in our hotel (such a luxury since we've been rushing around a bit) and finally ventured out to a Cuban restaurant for lunch. It had rained really heavily in the night and early morning, but the sun was now out and it was beautiful and warm. The restaurant looked promising and had good reviews (thank you Tripadvisor!) and had set meals for very cheap, I think our meals plus drinks only came to $7.
After lunch, we roamed about a bit and went to a travel agency to find out how much it would cost to take flights to Sucre instead of a 12 hour bus. It turned out to be quite reasonable, though 5 times the cost of the bus, so we bought them and are flying to Sucre tomorrow. I have to say that I am very happy to avoid the long bus journey, especially since the buses in Bolivia have quite a bad rep. While at the agency, we looked at a flyer for Urban Rush - basically you walk/run down a 17 floor building, but on the OUTSIDE with a free fall at the end. This sounded much funner than biking down the Death Road and was also a 5 minute walk away so we rushed there.
I will not lie, I was very very nervous. We got to choose an outfit as well. Both of us picked Spider-Man suits! We got the instructions and practiced on a small wall, I did very badly in the practice round but was raring to go. It is super safe, they have never had an accident and all their equipment looks new and strong so I was not too worried.
And it was amazing!
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| The practice wall |
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Running down the building! |
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The free fall |
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Superman, Spider-Men, Mario, Luigi and the crew! |
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Screaming my lungs out during the free fall |
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| Flying |
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Practice wall and already so scared |
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The building from across the road |
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The view of the centre of La Paz from the top, before we jump out! |
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| We did it! |
Wow, this is really cool. You got to be Spiderman as well. Your trip is getting more interesting by the day. Both of you write well and I look forward to new posts every day. Keep them coming.
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