The event that I had been looking forward to this entire voyage has finally come and passed... I went ziplining today!! Semester at Sea organized a group of 17 of us to go to Marrakesh yesterday and spend the evening hanging out in the souks (basically the same as the Turkish bazaars). We had dinner at a place very similar to Medieval Times. The dinner was some sort of meat on a skewer, couscous, fruit and bread. The meat ended up being lamb... but it wasn't bad because I didn't know what it was until about 4 hours after I ate it! We woke up this morning and headed to the High Atlas Mountains in Northern Africa. When we got about 90 minutes up the mountain we got out of our mini bus and headed over to see what kind of ziplines we were up against. The first one that I saw stretched from one mountain peak to another mountain peak. I think my heart froze, started racing, froze, and started racing again. I had to distract myself from thinking that I was about to slide across a wire attached from one mountain to another mountain (voluntarily too!!). I had to tell myself to not think about it which was extremely hard as I was being harnessed into my gear. The first thing we did was a rope bridge leading from the platform to the first mountain. It was 124 wooden planks long. Each plank had a 14" gap between the next plank. Oh and the view from between each wooden plank stretched down for about a mile. The entire bridge was rocking and shaking as we all made our way across the bridge as slowly as possible. By the time I reached solid land, I couldn't tell because my legs were shaking just like the bridge I just left. My head started spinning and I had to pull myself together because now waiting for me was the first zipline course. The guide hooked up my straps and pully to the wire and before I knew it, I was jumping off of the side of a mountain towards nothing. It was the most amazing thing I have ever done! I had the best time ever! Ziplining was not scary at all! I could have stayed out on those ziplines for hours. It was the most incredible feeling, just soaring above nature in the peace and quiet. I loved it! Each zipline we did became longer and steeper, but it just made it more incredible. This experience has been my favorite thing that I have done on this trip so far. It was the perfect way to end my voyage. I started this voyage as a completely different person than who I am now. I love looking back at all of this and in some weird way... ziplining seals the deal. I've officially changed for the best and I can't wait to see what crazy thing I get to do next!
We leave Morroco tomorrow evening and then we sail for 7 days across the Atlantic. On the 8th day around 6:30 AM we will be pulling into Boston, MA very anxious to get off the ship. (So anxious in fact that I've already packed most of my things...) It is going to be so nice to be on solid land and just relax for a little bit before starting school again. It is also very stressfull knowing everything that I will need to get done in just one week before I begin school. Maybe I'll take next summer off to make up for the time that I've missed this summer and last summer as well! (Then again... maybe not!)
I am going to need those awesome thoughts and prayers as we cross the Atlantic again! I miss you all and can't wait to see you soon!
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