Aches everywhere
Saturday was a blue moon off day. We (colleagues) decided to go Escape
We were among the first few to arrive before the opening hours
Right after getting in, we headed to the main attraction, buggy ride or something along the line
It's pulling up a 'tayar' on a slope. It was a long and tayaring journey.
Right at the top, you sit on the tire and start sliding down.
Exciting indeed, but no one wanted to go for round two. Exhausting to pull up the tire. That way there won't be a long long queue
When you're traveling with friends, you need to stick to the group. Our team decided to go for flying fox. Hiked up there and told it was level 4 obstacle.
I never knew how to fly and I have height phobia. I've been on the flying fox before but it still scares me.
This particular route has four flying foxes. I held on to the rope, screaming. The next one was longer and scarier. I scraped my finger while holding on to the rope. The third one, I was exhausted, I flew without screaming. Reaching the platform, I did the most babyish thing ever, cry. It wasn't sniffs, real kiddy cry. The man had to rescue me. That's when I got the technique, sit on the harness and fly, not stand and fly.
I know and everyone knows you won't possibly fall. Somehow, the height scared me and got me thinking, what if I fall?
With everyone done (except the two kids on board), we head on to level one. Harness on, we got our ticket One. There are three levels in the open air. Level One is about 15-20 feet high, Level Two's above Level One, probably another 15-20 feet high and Three is right on top. If someone is on the obstacle, you have to wait until he/she finishes. Some parts were easy, some challenging and scares me. The thing that frightens me is you fall and have to get up by yourself again. I didn't fall but did the silly mistake of holding on to the rope during a short flying fox. Later, I relaxed and sat the the harness and flew (two flying foxes on Level One). The main aim is balancing. If you balance well, you won't stand a chance to fall. I completed Level One longer than I thought, with the help of friends dragging me to the platform.
We stopped for isotonic and ice cream. Then, headed for A-maze, an artificial tunnel with fake adult sized skeletons, some fake snakes, background hissing and CCTVs. The minute I saw how difficult it will be, I chickened out. But my new found friend (kid and a student, not mine thankfully) pestered me inside. Another pair went in. We started clocking them. Then we headed in. Good thing I was big, I got one foot cramp before even getting into the tunnel. She went in alone, met up the the Pair One and they all got out in 17 minutes.
I was tired out, don't want to play anymore games. I sat quietly with the group at Flying Lemur. Minutes later, I was forced to play Lemur. Strapped again, climbed up and up. I was really scared, even asked to guy to push me off. Airborne, I screamed to and fro, to and fro, swing swing swing across the ravine. I was so happy to get off it. I even scared the guy (not our team) before me. Finally, we had lunch, expensive lunch. It started to drip drop but not drizzle.
My student wanted to go Level One again. She asked me to accompany her. I said ok but I'm not playing. Well, I was forced, again. She was underage and needed an adult to join her. Sigh, groan. Of course, round two is always easier. I managed through without help this time and set a time record. She wanted to do third round. I gave up and ask another adult to chaperon her.
I had the debit card. After buying gloves, isotonic, ice cream and fried rice, I had only enough for a bottle of mineral water. And I couldn't open the locker, the key was with another teacher attempting Level Two. Groan......
When it was time to go home, I felt so happy and tired and sleepy. Wait, I have to drive home.....We stopped by Tesco for boost. They got McDonalds and I ate two pieces of cake. I got home and slept for twelve hours straight. Thank goodness I'm off today. Aching and blue blacks everywhere.
