Bungy vs. Skydive: Which one should I do?

Skydive and bungy jumping shows up on lot of people’s bucket lists. And who can blame them? There’s just something so compelling about launching yourself from height – and living to tell the tale, of course! And don’t base your decision on age, I know someone who did both activities at the age of 70…

What Does it Feel Like to Skydive?

Skydive Taupo 15, 000 ft. between me and the ground (I chose a higher altitude for more freefall time) 1min-ish seconds of freefall 500NZD including a tshirt, group video and pictures (around 250NZD for skydive only) These guys pick you up in a Hummer limo. Yep. Then we took a 10min drive to the small…

Packing a Bike for Air Travel

I’m going home for the holidays and I wanted to bring my bike. Initially I thought it would be a huge hassle (and maybe it’s all relative) but after reading a few articles, watching a few Youtube videos and researching my airline baggage policies … I realized it wouldn’t be so bad. And apparently, people…

Hiking At The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve/Training for Mt. Kinabalu

As we inch closer to our trip to Sabah, the students have been training for the trek by climbing plenty of stairs every week. As I’ve concluded in my last post, stairs are great for training legs and cardio for the ascent up Mt. Kinabalu, a 4,000m summit in East Malaysia.