Why Surf in the Ocean when you have a Jungle?

Our adventure continues north to a place that's called Cape Tribulation. This is home to the only place in the world that has 2 world heritage sites in its own backyard. Not only does it have one of the oldest rainforests in the world, it also has the Great Barrier Reef.

Our decision was to spend 3 days and 2 nights in an exotic fruit farm away from the hustle and bustle of the backpacker life. More of a chill out place than anything. After spending a day at Cape Tribulation beach, we are back to extreme sports and decide to join a jungle surfing tour. Also known as the flying fox, we are lifted to trees spaning to heights of 20-25 feet where we are catapulted (probably an exaggeration) from one tree to the other. It was quite fitting that I was given a helmet named "Tarzan", not for my strong masculine abilities but simply because I was going to be swinging through the trees much like the fictional character.

The first transfer was slow and steady and more of a warm up. When it came to the final swing, we were placed upside down (our feet dangling from only one string that held us up) and released with little negative tension which meant we were being shot out at a pretty fast speed.

In the end, it was a great feeling to know that we survived and can look back and tell the world that we got to jungle surf in one of the oldest rainforest's in the world.

This was then followed up with a night walk through the rainforests looking for any wildlife creatures we could find which mainly meant giant spiders, crickets and frogs. I could tell you it sort of felt like being the crocodile hunter (also known as Steve Irwin) but it really felt more like I was back at school going on a field trip with the rest of the class. In the end, we did see a few deadly creatures but no huge reptiles were found. Yes, I know it was a bit disappointing. Nonetheless, life can't always be party and sports. We definately need to have some education from time to time.

Remember kids, "stay in school!"

- the lone asian