Monday, July 21, 2008

Sky Jump? I don't think so~

Had lunch in the city today. Was nice when seeing everyone else rushing like mad and I was just in a real relax mode. Wonder why? Today is my day off!


Busy lunch time on Queen Street

Took a slow stroll along Queen Street and saw a few 'artists' trying to sell their talent.



Wondering what this guy was doing? Look closer..


Kia Ora. Move for silver. Sing for gold. Smile for free

Wahlau! Rip off meh! To get him to move also need silver coin. Maybe he can do a backflip or some kind of acrobats, who knows. Man if that is the way to make money by moving around, I can guarantee I'll be a millionaire by now. I can understand asking gold coins for him to sing a song coz real talents are not free. Anyhow it's nice to know at least smiles are for free. And it is quite obvious that human beings like free stuff coz look, his bag was quite empty (at that moment anyway).

Smile? I have plenty to offer too, no charge at all. In fact, you might even get one for free! How is that sound?

And across the road we had a 'band' playing..



Anyway time to move on, went to Sky Tower. The shape of the tower looks a little like.. penis.. but this is the tallest tower in the Southern Hemisphere. Not bad for a small country to have a taller tower compare to Oz eh! Good on ya mate!





Hold on! Look! There were people up on the tower!



Looks like they were about to do the Sky Jump. It is an activity only, and I stressed 'only', not for the faint hearted where you actually, literally jump off the tower with a safety rope tie onto you waist. The jumper will be left dangling in mid-air for about 30 seconds then 'drop' you down onto a platform at ground level, with the rope still tied on your waist of course.

And so we waited..





And waited.. But look!



What did the sign say? Jumper is experiencing stage fright! Really! I wouldn't blame them either..











If it was me, I think I will poo myself in my pants big time. I felt sorry for that guy but on the other hand, BIG THUMBS UP for him! It's not the easiest thing to do for anyone especially with that height.


190m is where people jump off. 190m! Crazy~

So I decided to check it out how to register if someone decided to put their life on the line. Not saying I want to jump. Just being nosey only lah..



But while I was at the counter, I saw this..



A ha! That's an easier challange I thought. I would rather try this (Sky Walk, where you walk around the edge of the Tower 190m above ground level) than jump off the freaking tower. Comparisonly, it is a bit cheaper too. NZD115 and the time spent from putting the suits on till you wave goodbye to the whole experience is approximately 75 minutes all up. It is much better and more worthwhile than paying NZD195 to jump off from 190m from the tower.. That is just suicidal.. I'll have a big pass on this thank you very much.. and really, it's ok to chicken out sometimes on a certain circumstances..



And don't call me chicken.

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