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Sensory Awakening – My First Bungee Jump in New Zealand

Posted on February 13, 2013 by passport2bliss | 0 Comments

Featured Writer: Jen at Passport to Bliss “There’s still time to back out,” I thought to myself, as my toes hesitantly peaked over the tiny wooden plank perched 43 meters (142 feet) above the Kawarau River in Queenstown, New Zealand. As my pulse quickened and the knots of dread in my stomach tightened, I reassured myself that this was merely…

10 Seconds of Courage

Posted on October 29, 2012 by chelseastuart | 1 Comments

Featured Writer: Chelsea Bond Stuart “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain There are so many ways you can learn about culture….

I Can’t Believe We Did it Twice

Posted on October 28, 2012 by julia.boriss | 0 Comments

Writer: Julia Boriss As our bus crossed into Taupo yesterday, my new friend Amandine and I made a pact to go tandem bungy jumping. Off a 150-foot cliff. Secured only by a rope made of the same material used to hold up men’s underpants. Because how many more times in our life would we find ourselves in New Zealand, bungy jump…

Head First Into The Smoke That Thunders

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Golfmadchick | 2 Comments

Featured writer: Golfmadchick Bungee jumping is like marriage, a binding commitment and not to be entered into hastily. Just ask that lass from Down Under following her unforeseen plunge into the Zambezi River earlier this year. I’m thrilled she escaped largely unscathed despite the poor girl’s seriously bruised anatomy resembling an etched map of the Sahara. Her disturbing experience sent my mind…

Push Yourself: Free Falling in the Birthplace of Bungee

Posted on May 29, 2012 by temporarykiwis | 0 Comments

Featured Writer: Brent Milcz Photos by Brandy Montgomery On a random day at work, our boss, Dennis got an email from a local business advertising a locals appreciation day. He wasn’t interested in it himself I guess, but showed it to us. It just so happened that this business specialized in something on our unwritten list of must-dos in New…

Face Fear

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Namita Lad | 3 Comments

Featured writer: What Life Says I’ve never been into adventure sports before, maybe because I never got any opportunity or maybe I never tried for one as I never felt that urge from within. But this time I decided to go for it. It was going to be a lifetime experience and a push to do more of its kind….

Into the Wind – Engine Free Flying in Southern California

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Lesley | 6 Comments

Amelia Earhart once said, “Adventure is worthwhile in its self.” This belief, along with our shared attitudes about altitude, encouraged me to try the engine-free flight options in southern California. The entire southern coast offers numerous ways to fly into the wind. Whether you crave the thrill of bungee jumping, prefer the extreme, heart-racing pleasure of sky-diving or a serene…