Bottled Sky

If you’ve been reading my blog for some time, you probably know how obsessed I am with bungee jumping. I’d been aching to try it ever since I saw a TV feature on it more than a decade ago but hadn’t yet been given the chance — until this month.

You read it right, I finally bungee jumped! I flew all the way to Macau just to leap 233 meters off the Macau Tower, which is currently the world’s highest bungee jump. I loved it so much that as soon as I touched down, I ran back up and did it again. Look at the sheer glee on my face! It’s the most addicting thrill.

Here’s a video of my two jumps. First I did a classic swan dive, albeit a not-so-pretty one, then a back dive, which I found even more exciting.

Can’t see the video? Watch it here.

Afterwards I met up with my travel buddies, so we could tour the rest of Macau before taking a ferry to Hong Kong for the second leg of our trip (a story for another blog post). I was so hopped up on adrenaline that at one point one of them asked me why I was grinning like an idiot. Wouldn’t you, if you’d been in my shoes?

Guess who else had a blast in Macau? The Traveling Book, of course!

I loved strolling down Senado Square. With its candy colored buildings and wavy cobblestone, it couldn’t have been more charming.

Jacq, Chris and I struck our best tourist poses at the Ruins of St. Paul’s, as Gab took our photo. You would never guess from the smiles on our faces that we were about three seconds away from melting onto the sun-baked pavement.

Goodbye, historic ruins. Hello, glittering casinos. While I chose to gamble with my life by bungee jumping, my friends thought it would be less risky to gamble with their money at the slot machines. Sadly no beginner’s luck for them.

How extravagantly decorated were those casinos? Well, live jellyfish served as wall art at the Wynn lobby. You be the judge.

I’ll definitely visit Macau again in the future, if only to enjoy the perks of being a card-carrying bungee jumper. My third jump at nearly half price and my fourth one for free? Now that’s an offer I simply can’t refuse.