Zorbing!

It has long been my belief that EVERYONE wants to be the hamster in the ball, and today I found out why! It's fun: disorienting and crazy, but fun. And for humans, it's called zorbing.

Zorbing is an activity only found in Australia, New Zealand, and England. Essentially, you are put in a giant ball within a bigger ball and rolled down a hill. We opted for the multi-person Hydro ride. The man selling the rides told me that zorbing is ranked as more dangerous than bungee jumping by some anonymous authority. I don't know that I believe that though: rolling around in a ball versus full-body whiplash? You decide the truth for yourselves.

I've included a video of my roomie Dorothy and my zorbing experience. You're supposed to run within the ball as it rolls...but you can see how well that went for us :-)

Enjoy!