Fodor's Travel Talk Forums - Trevor's CR Trip Report Pt. 2

August 8th
I enjoyed my stay in Samara, but the fun there came to an end. The next day (the day we're leaving) Oscar was getting gas on his way to get us and the people who work at the station put gas in his car instead of diesel. This delayed him, and we felt very bad for the guy. So now we were headed for Neta. My mom was so excited because she had talked a lot to another "internet friend". I tell ya, when I said above the many printouts, we're talking like 400+ pages and 2 ink cartridges! Anyways, we arrived at Neta's, and she was also very excited to meet my mom, its like they had known each other all along. She was also a very friendly and welcoming person. We got settled in our rooms, which were also verry nice like Samara. Then got ready for some dinner. The dinners were very good there, although in my opinion, some things were gourmet for teens, but there?s plenty, and plenty of food that you don?t have to worry about that. So Neta pulled up a chair and we got acquainted with her. My mom and her talked about the fodors forums, the gossip, and all the different trips. They have quite a DVD collection too. My dad and I took Good Fellas. Here is some advice that will help everyone in life: when you start a movie, start it on the right side. We started it on side 2, and then watched side 1. haha.....really ticked me off at the time.

Now...I was going to stop for part 1 here, but my mom told me to keep going because somebody was asking about Turu Ba Ri. So here is what I?m going to do. I?ll give all the great details about it and put up the 2nd part on Sunday around noon EST.

August 9th (TURU BA RI)
Woke up quite early, and took a taxi to the park. I think we were the first guests there. All 3 of us signed up for the long canopy tour with repelling, and my mom and I signed up for the newest cable in the park, and 2nd largest in the world. You go on it like your superman, lying down. It is like an apron you put on, then they hook you from your back. The cable is 1 KILOMETER long! So I was pretty psyched. We did the regular canopy, my mom was scared silly. She had to do some with the guide, which I don?t blame her for. Since she signed up for the longer canopy, she did not want to continue, so she took the cable back to the valley, and my dad and I continued even higher and faster. My mom toured a "beautiful butterfly garden" while we continued on. Then came the repelling. About 60 foot drop and my dad did it pretty much all wrong. The instructor yelled at him a lot on his descent. After all the fun was over, the boring part hit. Touring the gardens! woo hoo. We were touring with this annoying guy who was trying to speak Spanish, but he was horrible at it. He would try to be smart and ask the guy in Spanish, but it was so bad, the guy wouldn?t understand his Spanish. Even when the guide did understand his Spanish, he answered in English. Here is an example: we asked the guide a question in English and he answered it. Then Mr.Know-it-all asked him the same question in Spanish so he answered it again. ARGGGG. So we had a real good lunch there, toured some more gardens, then I went to do this 1km canopy by myself, since my mom whimped out. When I got to the spot where they push you out of, I was nervous, but once you get going 55mph it?s a lot of fun! I liked it a lot, but I don?t know what kind of person to recommend it to. If you like roller coasters probably, even though I hate them. Try it, it?s worth it. Turu Ba Ri was a LOT of fun and I would do it again!