You don’t have to travel outside Metro Manila, like Subic or Caliraya, to experience bungee jumping. Or, at least, just have that impression that you’re jumping off a soaring structure. We’ve discovered recently that you can do this within the metro, at the bayside of the Mall of Asia. They call it Bungee Fun. I say “impression” because you don’t actually start from the peak of a tall building, bridge, or tower but from a trampoline located at the base of the Bungee Fun structure. You have an adjustable harness fastened around your waist and thighs, and attached to two bungee cords on both sides. Its setup is quite safer than bungee jumping’s.

To grab this somewhat extreme experience, you have to pay PHP 120 for three minutes for a promising 20-feet high leap. Yup, just for three minutes, folks. So, you really have to do alll the possible stunts that you could think of— swing, somersault, split, head-down flying stance, among others— for a matter of 180 seconds. For a beginner, I think, that is enough.

The drawback of the location is you usually have a significant number of spectators, especially in the late afternoon. So, if you would keep on shrieking (which most of the ladies that we happened to watch did) while you are up in the air, you are a guaranteed hit. My sound advice— just take a bow after your sleek performance. At least, you try (and most of them don’t), right?

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