Saturday Part Two

After putting our stuff away, we grabbed lunch ($4.75) to decide what we wanted to do that day.  We had compared the prices of several different activities and companies, and, after some small disagreements, we all settled on bridge jumping and canyoneering.  We did both with the same company, so it was $34.00 each.   At twelve thirty we went to get our rides.  We all hoped into the back of a pickup truck and they took us to the San Francisco Bridge in the middle of Baños.  We were fitted with our harnesses and ready to go.  First I’d just like to describe the scene:  this bride is 100 meters off of a river in the middle of huge mountains.  Basically, it was gorgeous, and I was excited to jump off of it. They needed someone to go with a client from a different group, so I volunteered.  With my bungee cord fully attached, I did a running dive off the edge.  It was pretty great, no big deal.  After swing for four of five times, they started to lover me down to the cliff on the edge of the river.  Basically, it was the best view ever.  The only bad part was the walk up the mountain afterwards.  After everyone had jumped, we all piled back into our pickup and headed up the mountain where we received wet suits and shoes.  On the way we randomly stopped on the side of the road and told three other guys from Chile to get in.  That made 17 people in the same truck.  Oh how I love the sketchiness of Ecuador.  Anyway, I was talking about wetsuits.  See, the problem with that is that no one had brought their swimsuits so a lot of clothing got really wet, because apparently what canyoneering means is repelling down hundred foot waterfalls.  BEST THING EVER.   Total spent so far: $56.25