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Welcome on board Robos Rail. This is Africa's most luxurious train and it's going to be our home for the next four nights as we travel from Ptoria in South Africa to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. We are literally going to be trusting these two guys with our lives. During our trip, we'll get to meet the man who started Robos Rail and pioneered luxury train travel in South Africa. I love this guy. We'll give you a full tour of the train, including one of our favorite rooms we've ever stayed in. And of course, we'll be sharing the most important part, the food. Each day for lunch and dinner, we'll get a four course meal complete with a South African wine pairing to go with each course. It tastes like everything I love
about red wine. We've been fortunate enough to ride some of the world's best trains, including the Orient Express in Europe, Via Rail across Canada, the Maharajas Express in India, the Indian Pacific across Australia, and now Robos Rail in Africa. I think what makes this journey extra unique is that our train is going to be traveling through Zimbabwe's largest wildlife reserve. This is the main place people come to go on safari when they visit Zimbabwe. So, if we're lucky, we'll be able to spot wildlife from the train. Oh, there's an elephant. And then the train actually stops inside the wildlife reserve for us
to go on safari. Not only did we see a giraffe on the way out, but it's a family giraffe. This train trip ends at the world's largest waterfall. And for the grand finale of the trip, for some reason, Nate's made plans for us to swim right up to the end. What am I doing? Yeah. So, join us as we spend the next 96 hours on board Africa's fanciest train. cute. I can already tell this train ride is going to be different than anything we've done before. Usually on day one, we're boarding the train, it's really flashy and showy and there's music and instruments and dancing. And don't get
me wrong, I love that vibe. But this Rohan Vos, as in Roo Rail, the guy who started this train company, is giving us a personal tour of the whole train station. And I knew he was still quite involved. So, I'm expecting like this old guy that's like, "Hey, welcome." and then leaves. No, he is so funny. But when they started it up and they put it in first gear, it went in reverse. So, then we had a some small problem. It's like if uh pop was giving us a tour. He reminds me so much of my grandfather. He's given a very raw and detailed story of how this whole thing came to be. I lost a lot of money and by 1993 I was basically broke. And the craziest part is he lives in Cape Town and flies here
to Johannesburg every week to welcome the people boarding his train. What a legend. Does that mean it's time to get on? Also, this trainard that we're in right now is a private trainard completely owned by Robos and it's the largest private trainard in the entire world. I had no idea how big of an operation it took to run something like this, but they now employ over 500 people. I think this is the kitchen cart. I can already smell it. We're going to be friends. I can already feel it. Here we go. Our sweet is called Buchanan, which just happens to be our last name. What? He's so lucky. I think this was an accident. Or maybe it wasn't. Should we try to steal this? So, we've just found this plaque on the
wall that explains why the room is named Bannon. There was a guy named Buck Bannon who rode on this train 40 times. So he rode this train so much they named a room after him. That's why this is called the Bikanan suite. And now Cara and Nate Bikanan are traveling in the Bannon suite. Off we Maybe we weren't supposed to be outside. The journey has officially begun. Tonight we are going to be traveling north through South Africa to Oh, watch out. Jeez. Oh, that was less dramatic than I thought.
Good morning. We had a great first night on board last night. I actually kind of enjoyed getting on the train after dark because it gave us time to put our stuff away and kind of organize our life. Good night. So, we had some time to get settled in and then we ended the night with our first dinner on board. And wow, we started with samosas. Then our main course were these beautiful tandoori potatoes. I can't believe this is our life for the next four nights. Followed by a cheese plate. This one specifically was Kilamanjaro cheese with thyme jelly.
I could have just eaten this for dinner. We also learned that each course of dinner comes with a wine pairing every night, which could get a little dangerous, but was absolutely delicious. Ooh, that was a good sound. First, we should stop. And finally, for dessert, we had chocolate mousse that Cara would consider danceworthy. I love it here. It looks like on the map this morning, we've woken up near a town named Holo Kane. No idea how you say that, which is a little over halfway to the Zimbabwe border. So, today we're just going to be on the train all day, traveling north.
We're going to go explore the train and uh we'll give you a full tour of our deluxe suite. But first, breakfast. Wow, what a beautiful omelette. Eating on this train for the next four days is going to be such a treat. I cannot express how much I am loving these windows that fully open. I pretty much just spent the last hour with my head hanging out the window watching the world go by. It's super misty this morning, which is just making all the landscape feel super mysterious. And I'm normally not one to comment on vegetation, but I'm loving how different this feels than most parts of the world that we travel to. There's this weird mix of palm trees, these giant cactus trees. There are these trees that look
like they're straight out of a Dr. Seuss book. That's a bush. Dodged it. Got to be strategic about when you pop your head out the window. Another thing that I'm really enjoying about this train is that it has a max speed of 60 km. Ow. 60 km an hour, which is quite a bit slower than most of the other trains that we travel on. I feel like most of the time when you see something on a train, you're like trying to watch it go past really fast. This you actually have time to soak in the views. And we're in. This train is made up of 22 cars. Our room is seven cars back. And pretty much everything in front of us is either a staff car or a sleeper car. So, there's no need to go up there. We are going to
go from our room all the way to the back of the train. And I'll show you all the cars that aren't sleeper cars. Then, we'll come back here and we'll give you a full tour of our suite. Let's go. Welcome to lounge number one of two on this train. This is just a cozy train car with lots of couches and chairs and books and music. As soon as you come in here and sit down, somebody comes and offers you a drink. So, you can order coffee, cocktail, whatever you want. There are no rules. For some reason, no one's in here right now, but I have a feeling I'm going to come hang out in here a lot. I think this might be where they make the drinks and the coffee. All of the magic happens in the main kitchen
next door. I don't know how they do it. Just imagine trying to make these elaborate meals, four courses, breakfast, lunch, and dinner all day, every day in this tiny moving space that stops unannounced all the time. I couldn't do it. I would appreciate the food on the train no matter what, but the fact that it's coming from that environment just makes it taste that much better. Moving on real quick, Cara from the future here in Namibia. Actually, uh, this week has been nothing short of an adventure. Let's just say that. Appreciate you having a good attitude about this. Okay, we need to go. But before we go any further, let me say a big thank you to BetterHelp for
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This is where we have all of our meals. It's open seating. You can sit at whatever table you want in either the first dining car or the second one. Last night, we had dinner in this first one. I think this one is just a bit more fancy feeling. Meeting the person who is behind all of these decisions just makes it feel so much more special. This is dining room number two. This is where we had our breakfast this morning. It's a bit more open and bright in here. A little less intimate feeling. One small detail that makes a huge difference to us is the whole lefthand side of these dining cars are twoperson tables. I cannot tell you how many awkward meals
we've had on past trains, sitting at a table with people we don't know, trying to like discreetly film our food and like taking my first bite and reacting and just making it weird for everybody. As much as I love meeting new people and sharing experiences together, this has been a nice change and not something that we get very often. I think also if you are just an average person on a train, it's nice to have the option to either make friends or have like a romantic dinner with your partner. And on most trains, that's just not an option. It's all family style. You're sharing a table. We love meeting new people from around the world. But there are some nights where you just want it
to be the two of you. And I like being able to choose on this train. So, this is where the long journey to the next lounge car starts. It's very important to stretch before physical endurance walking. What are you doing? Get ready for the journey. It's like 10 cars to get there. That was the lovely sound of lunchtime. So, we have to hurry. And here we have it first. This is the cigar lounge. It is what it is. People can come in here and smoke cigars whenever they want. Now, we're in lounge number two. It's pretty much just like the first one. And again, you've got books, drinks, snacks. These are weirdly like the best chips I have ever had. I'm not kidding. Each day of this train ride, I'm gonna sneak a couple bags of
these in my backpack and take them with me. They're that good. All right, the caboose. Hey, girls. The caboose is probably the coolest car on the entire train. This is the observation car, so it has a full bar. Most people migrated over here after dinner last night to have a little dustbo. You've got these big windows to enjoy the views. You can have whatever drink you want. It's all included. But the second half of this car is even more exciting and probably Nate's favorite spot on the whole train. Welcome to the outdoor observation deck. If you don't want to hang your head out the window and risk getting hit in the face by a branch, this is the best place to get
fresh air and soak in the view. So, we're having our first lunch on board and we started with a pulled oyster mushroom appetizer. It was delicious. And for our main, we're having an artichoke linguini. What I didn't realize was that not only does dinner come with wine pairing, but lunch also comes with a wine pairing for every course. This is over the top luxury that we would be grateful for at any time. But after the last week of living in the Sahara Desert, 9 days eating the same thing every day for an entire week. That experience is just bringing my appreciation for this to the next level. The bonus of doing a trip like that is the great bonus reset that we get to experience. Like everything, even the
smallest details are such a big deal. I think my teeth lost useful years of their life in the desert because of how much sand was grinding around in there. No sand here, baby. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. My team and immigration officers have arrived at the South African immigration offices.
Well, we have made it to Msina, which is the border town on the South African side. We were supposed to be here around lunch and it is 5:30 p.m. So, we're a little behind schedule and from what we've heard, we're not going to be making up much time here. They're estimating 2 hours on the South African side to go through immigration and then another 3 hours once we get over to Zimbabwe, which means that um we'll probably be asleep by the time we officially make it to Zimbabwe. I kind of feel like the whole point in taking one of these trains is just to enjoy the slow pace of life. The only slight bummer is that I was looking forward to crossing the border because the border is actually a river and they had said
that we might be able to see crocodiles and hippos from the bridge which would have been pretty cool. But um now we'll just be enjoying a four course meal with a wine pairing. So it's hard to complain too much. That's my cue behind the scenes. It's raining. Didn't want to get my hair wet. Also, I cannot wait to show you all the details of this room. I was planning on doing that this afternoon, but then, you know, and now it's dark outside. So, I think I'll wait until the morning when the light is better because we're professional like that. And then it'll be all nice and bright and cheery and so will I.
I think he said he was going to take my camera, but I just laughed nervously. So, we ended up making it through South African immigration quicker than expected. It took about an hour and a half. So, we're about to head to dinner, but we are currently traveling through no man's land between the two countries. And that bridge back there that we were going over, that is the bridge that underneath was supposed to have the crocodiles and hippos. But we really couldn't see much from the side of the train anyway. Even bow ties that you don't have to tie are hard to put on. And now we'll go enjoy a nice dinner while the train staff takes care of getting us through Zimbabwe customs.
Better than me. This stuff makes me nervous. All right, time for dinner. Yeah. Each night on board the Robos Rail requires formal attire. And whenever we do trips like this, we like to play this little game called how many people are going to notice if we wear the same thing every single night. I'm wearing Birkenstocks. I am trying to switch up my jewelry each night. So, I'm wearing a different bracelet from last night. Wow. Love that. Change my earrings. But the men are required to wear a suit tie. This is a 70% Chardonnay, 50% pan. Beautiful. Like to have a taste? Oh, no.
I'll just drink it. Beautiful. I love the color. Nate's curls. I don't know what's going on up there. Wo. So, on the menu, this is called me. I think it's a French word. I don't know what it means, but it's basically this beautiful crunchy basket of whipped avocado with tomatoes on top. Not as fantastic. Thank you. Risoto. Beautiful. Our main course for the evening is risoto with mushrooms and truffle. Some of my favorite things in the world.
It smells so good. It is so good. I cannot wait to take a bite. It just keeps getting better. And so does the wine. This is so good. Tastes like healthy ice cream. Thank you. You're welcome. How'd you sleep? Woke up a bit. Good morning. Today is a very exciting day because after lunch, we are getting off the train for the first time. So, before we do that, let me finally show you around our room. Nate and I have decided that this room ranks
in our top three train rooms ever, only to be rivaled by the best room that we got to sleep in on the Orient Express. Feels a little unfair. And then the Maharajas Express. But this one, I am so impressed with the layout and it has everything we need. Let me start with the bed. I like to keep things positive, but I will be a little picky here. It's firm. The other thing I love about this bed is that it's just here all the time. We've had a lot of overnight train situations where the bed has to be made up into a couch during the day and then they have to convert it back into a bed at night,
but this is just here all the time, which is perfect for my midday naps. Also, during the day, they have this lovely bed spread. Once again, meeting Rohan and knowing that his family has made and chosen all of these designs makes me like this a little more and I don't want to critique it. It really fits the vibe. But then at night, our lovely housekeeper comes in and switches it to a white fluffy bed and it's very cozy. Hi. So cute. Just running on the train track. Probably 8 years old. No big deal. Another thing that really helps me sleep is all of these windows have these blackout curtains and I absolutely love it. But during the day, we like to
have them open. So easy. This is the table where we can hang out during the day. And it's also like the drink station. Underneath we have a fridge that is always stocked. Right now we have waters in here. They gifted us with a bottle of champagne. But it gets even better. Here we have a form. And every day we can just put whatever we want them to stock our fridge with and they'll do it. I really like this part. In this drawer, we have a kettle and some mugs. And every night when we've come back to our room, she has the kettle plugged in already. She's already added the water to it. She has this whole tea station with little cookies set out. But during the day, it stays in
the drawer. And then I really like the system. We have these keychains. There's a little hook on the outside of our door. So if we don't want to be disturbed, what is this? Is this an animal? I think it's a train. Oh, we hang this up. Each morning we've been putting the makeup room one on. She comes and does our bed. She throws out the trash, restocks our toiletries, and we can also order room service. We haven't done this yet, but I think we will cuz why not. If you've watched very many of our videos, the train's not even moving. If you've watched any of our past videos, then you might already know that I am a storage connoisseur, and they have nailed it in this room. I
think this is the best storage situation we've ever had on a train. Let me explain. Not only do we have this massive wardrobe that we unpacked all the things that we'll need for this trip, but when we were done unpacking, we put our suitcases up here. This whole wall is basically like an overhead bin that fits our massive rolling bags. They're just out of the way, out of sight, out of mind, but right there if we need them. And if that's not enough, there's also storage underneath the bed. So, we put our backpacks down there and a few things that we might need throughout the week. I love having all my stuff in here, but also just not seeing it. A few other small details
that make me really happy is we have a constant supply of both bubbly and still water. Really love these lights, which is they're like really old school and satisfying to press. They make me happy. If you've never ridden a hot train, you can't appreciate this. But not only is there an air conditioner in our room, but we can control it ourselves. And last but not least, Nate has made great use of the windows that open in her train, and this just cracked me up. They provide safety glasses for people like Nate because you're pretty much encouraging it. Someone in the last 36 years has lost an eyeball by sticking their head out the window. I'm going to have to start using those. These are amazing.
The bathroom is lovely. Very spacious for a train. You really just have to be gentle with it. Oh gosh. Um, anyway, I really like the exposed plumbing with the toilet. And surprisingly, the toilet is very normal, which is not always the case on a train. Plus, there's a window in here, which I enjoy cracking for ventilation. Um, we have this old school hair dryer, which works pretty well. A heater above the door, so if it is cold, I can pull this little string and it'll get nice and toasty in here. Oh. Oh dear. I don't know if that's on or off. The shower is huge. Like, we're on a train right now. Also, they provided an amenity kit. Basically, like an airplane, but the products are 10 out of 10. They have a major passion for
sustainability and using really good products. So, all of the shampoos and soaps are in these aluminum jars. How cute is this bag? We get to keep it. I've never been provided with a bamboo and cotton makeup removing cloth before. This is reusable. I'm definitely keeping this forever. A bamboo toothbrush. Check this out. Lip balm in an aluminum canister. Oh, it smells lovely. Toothpaste tabs. So, no plastic. I don't know if you ever used these before, but you just chew it up like a mint and then brush your teeth and it gets all foamy just like toothpaste.
They provided earplugs because trains can be a little squeaky at night. And this piece of paper explains the ingredients and all the products and stuff, but the best part is all the paper on board is seed paper, which means you can put this in soil, water it, and a plant will grow. So, I'm for sure taking this home to Colorado and I'm going to try to grow some rosemary this summer. So, hopefully now you can see why this has made it into our top three train rooms ever. But what's crazy is this isn't even the best room you can get on the train. So, there are three different types of suites on Robos Rail. You have the Pullman suite, which is the smallest of the three. You can fit five of those in a train car. Then you have
the deluxe suite, which is the one that we are in. There are three of those in a train car. And then the best room on the train is the royal suite, and two of those make up an entire train car. So, they are absolutely massive. But I think if you book the royal suite, you're just paying quite a bit of extra money for a bathtub, which you would never use anyway. So, there's one thing that really makes Robos Rail feel different from any other train that we've taken, and that is that Robos Rail does not allow cell phones outside of your cabin. It kind of changes everything. Rohan calls phones machines, and he made it very clear that he did not want anyone yapping on their machine in the lounge,
and he especially doesn't want your machine on the dinner table in the dining room. And then, cell phones and computers, no use in public, please. And we're very fierce about that, especially in the dining car. We don't want you putting the machine on the table in the dining car. That is totally unacceptable. If you insist on using it in the dining car, we will confiscate your machine. With all of my spare time, instead of scrolling on my phone, I've picked up this book called Geological Wonders of Namibia because this is where we're going next. Did you know that some of the stars that we can see with the naked eye, the light is actually 8 years old? That's what you're learning in your
Namibia book. Now I'm reading about meteorites. We have a quick three course lunch before we get off the train this afternoon. Starting with what looks like an avocado pie. Night time. Did you know that Namibia has the largest meteorite on Earth? I think we should go find out. Conversation we would never be having if we had our phone. Oh my gosh, this is so pretty. I'm eating a rainbow orange. This is the most colorful, beautiful avocado salad I've ever seen. And the salmon looks pretty good as well.
This is a big moment. First steps in Zimbabwe. 44 hours after boarding the train in Ptoria. This is our first time stepping on the solid ground. I love it. Thank you. I don't have any cell service, so I have no idea where we are in Zimbabwe. But from here, we're getting on a bus 45 minutes to Mobo National Park. Thank you. If we're lucky today, we are going to see rhinos. There's some other rocks on the schedule as well, but I'm interested in the rhinos. Wow.
Riding in the throne seat, which means I will be the first one to get eaten or horned. Well, fortunately or unfortunately, Nate didn't have to worry about getting eaten because even though we saw a few animals, we didn't end up seeing any rhinos. It's so cute. But the landscape was actually really cool and full of all these balancing rocks that seem to defy gravity. Speaking of rocks, our guide took us to these awesome ancient cave paintings that they claim are thousands of years old. Our guide was so entertaining. He kept pulling random medicinal plants off the side of the road and convincing everyone to eat them. No, no, I won't kill you. I just made you jump momentum. You got it. That was your terror.
We ended our time in the park on top of this beautiful granite hill which gave us a bird's eye view of the park and this gorgeous sunset. And as we were making our way back to the bus, we saw our first zebras of the trip. Ma'am, can you please put your phone away? Oh my gosh. So happy. I kid you not. It's the best right here. It's always the best. People are going to quit believing you. No, I didn't like the dessert last night. Huh? Did you hear me say that? I don't always love it. Oh wow. For our last full day on board, we decided to get room service breakfast because it's included and why not? We're having a scone with poached egg and some caviar on top. It's been a great way to start the day. Ow, I thought the window
was open. Today has the potential to be the best day of the trip. Around lunch, we are going to be arriving in Zimbabwe's largest wildlife area. It's the size of the country of Belgium. And this is like where people come to go on safari in Zimbabwe. And our train actually gets to travel through the wildlife area. So, we'll be on the train for 3 hours heading into the wildlife area, hopefully seeing wildlife from the train. But even if we don't, later this afternoon we're going to be stopping to go on safari. And we've been promised way more animals than yesterday. I just think it's so cool that you can just step off a train and go on safari. This has to be the only place in the world
where you can do that. But before we get to the entrance of the wildlife park, we're going to be traveling down one of the longest straight stretches of railway in the world. We are going to be traveling perfectly straight for the next 114 km. Wow, it's so straight. Just after entering the game reserve, we briefly spotted this white rhino. It is behind a fence, but apparently this is a huge fenced area, and we were super lucky to get to see it. Unfortunately, the rhinos here have to be kept inside
of a fence for their own protection because poaching has become such a problem. What an exciting time. There was a span of like 30 minutes where we were all just running from one side of the train to the next. And what makes it even crazier is our train is so loud that I thought for sure as soon as we approached the animals they would run away. We're just coming down the tracks like but they don't even seem to care. Wow. Kind of smells like wild animals. Like it's kind of like a hot poopy smell. So, normally meals are the part of the day that I look forward to the
most, but this is the least excited I've been to be sitting at lunch because I feel like I might miss out. Oh, there's an elephant. As I was saying, I was scared that I was going to miss something sitting here at lunch, but honestly, I cannot think of a cooler moment in life than eating a three course meal with a South African wine pairing, looking out at an elephant from a train. This is just something I never thought I would be doing. Just keeps getting better. Big step. When I originally looked at the itinerary for this trip, this is the park that I was looking forward to most.
Not only is this Zimbabwee's biggest national park, but it's home to the big five and it has over 100,000 elephants. So, this has the potential to be the most incredible game drive I've ever been on. Pretty incredible to step straight off the train into a safari jeep position. Oh, there's a bamboo. Look at him go. He's on the ledge. Cool. He's a big one.
Baboon's kind of scared. That's brilliant. It's so cute watching the young baboons play king of the hill on top of the termite mound. Just stumbled upon a couple of male impalas. Apparently, they are the most common antelope. They look like really pretty deer. Most animals they see in black and white. So those stripes when they are freezing, they will break out the body outline of the kuru. So it will look like there some shafts of light penetrating through the canopy of trees. Oh my. Oh, he just stuck his tongue out. Cara thought it was an alligator running up into a tree, but it's a rock monitor lizard. It's probably the biggest lizard
I've ever seen in real life. They can get big up to about 70 cm tall. There's an elephant. Uh Nate has a six sense for elephants. He spotted his third one of the day that no one else has seen. See if we can get a little closer. It's so cool having a side profile and being able to see it put food into its mouth. And these are the mer teeth which they use for chewing. And these teeth are what determines the lifespan of an elephant. So as humans we develop two sets of teeth. Then elephants they do that six times. When they lose the last set they won't be able to feed well. And they eventually die because of
starvation. Oh wow, there's another one. There's three. That one's got a good mohawk. Ready for the rain. What a great afternoon. I think we ended up seeing 10 elephants and then at the end probably 10 giraffes, which I don't know. I think giraffes are the coolest African animals. They kind of feel like unicorns. They just like shouldn't exist, but they do. And now, of course, more drinks. And then we head back to the train. All right, time to get ready for Oh, too soon. Jump again. Better. And now it's time for our last fancy dinner on board. For the record, no one's noticed or at least told us that they've noticed for St.
Albert. Wow. I am so upset that this is our last night on board, but the candle and the tuxedo folded napkin made me feel just a little bit better. I feel like it's a bit of a safety hazard, and you probably can't do this in most countries, but I love that we're doing it. Thank you very much. On night one, the somalier who's been pouring our wine all week told us, "Wait till we get to my favorite red wine." When's that? It's awesome. So, I've been looking forward to this moment for 4 days. It tastes like everything I love about red wine. That's all I have to say. Wow. We've been on a fancy train for too long. Tonight's starter feels more like a main course. It's ravioli with toasted nuts. As expected, 10 out of 10. I can't
believe we're leaving this place. This is my home. Our last entree. I've already decided I'm hugging the chef on the way out. Wow, this is spicy. Mhm. It's great. Mhm. Yes. I was hoping this was lava cake. It really saved the best night for last. It doesn't get better than chocolate lava cake. Good night. Sad day. Roman Trail has finally arrived at its final destination, which is the Victoria Falls train station. When I
that made you boarding a little less bad. We've made it to Victoria Falls, but the adventure isn't over yet. From here, we're heading to the falls, which we could actually see the mist from on the train as we were coming in and swimming up to the edge. I woke up a little scared this morning. Oh, what have I gotten us into? We have arrived at the river that's above Victoria Falls. Cara's very excited. The river is going really quickly. Should we be nervous? H I think you just need to relax. You don't need to be nervous. Okay. You are not doing anything alone. I'm there leading you the way. So let's have fun.
Is that tree always covered with water? No. When um let me see dry. Yeah. Everywhere here there's rocks. So is the water higher than usual? Yeah. This is our high water from now up to August. All right. Should have come in August. Wow, what an exciting boat ride. I think we're just driving full speed towards the edge of the falls. Cheers. Welcome, Makuna Mata. Thank you.
Right. Oh man, it's rainbow. Wow. I'm taking this rainbow as a sign that we're going to live. We are standing on the top of Africa's largest waterfall and I am way more terrified than I expected to be right now. We first visited Zambia back in 2016 during our first year of full-time travel. We were here at Victoria Falls. So I've known the Angel's Pool existed for 10 years, but at the time we couldn't afford it, so we didn't get to do it. It was something I felt like we really missed out on. So to be back here 9 years later makes the most. I'm trying to let my gratefulness replace the terror. If you're scared, imagine how I feel.
This is actually so intense. So powerful. They're like holding on to people's feet. Yeah, I've seen videos where there's not people holding on to your feet, so it must be extra high. I'm really scared. I don't want to do it. I'm having a full on like adrenaline rush right now. It's Oh my gosh. Those two guys are the only reason that I'm alive. That might be the craziest thing we've ever done. 100% without a doubt the sketchiest, scariest thing we have ever done. I feel like I can't catch my breath. I love you. I'm never doing that again. I won't ask you to. You owe me. Me either.
There's just a crack in the earth. Tons and tons of water every single minute are flowing down into this crack and we just laid on the top of it. We did it. I really thought that was going to be one of those situations where you get out there and you're like, "Oh, it's not that bad." That was terrifying. No safety ropes, no harness, no nothing. But never fly in the US. I just need to go down into the planet for minute. We survived. Time to get ready for You're too early. Oh, too soon. Jump in. I love it. Ranger just in case we sleep.
