On Saturday morning, I went to Cajon del Maipo, located about an hour away from Santiago. A stark contrast exists between the industrialized city of Santiago and this beautiful canyon which could be considered Santiago's equivalent to the Russian River or Muir Woods. We started off the day with a hike to La Cascada de Las Animas (pictures are below). After, we went ziplining! The picture above show the zipline route across the rio Maipo.
And this was my face as the guide was explaining the ziplining rules....I was a little uncertain at first.
The guides did not tell us how we were going to stop on the zipline until we had reached the other side of the rio Maipo and suddenly rammed into four Firestone tires. Very efficient braking system but a little jarring.
After ziplining, we went on horse back riding/ more like horse back walking on a trail up to the top of the canyon. You can see the moon in this picture.
View from the top.
Words of the day: cantar=to sing, la parada= the stop, derecha=right, izquierda=left, caminar=to walk
the pictures are amazing.
ReplyDeleteand i love that you ziplined!!!
i totally want to try it.
BUT, i'll ask first how i stop and if they tell me tires then i might pass! are you brused? :)