{"id":1866,"date":"2022-04-12T09:01:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T14:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?p=1866"},"modified":"2022-04-12T09:15:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T14:15:21","slug":"we-ziplined-through-the-rainforest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/12\/we-ziplined-through-the-rainforest\/","title":{"rendered":"We Ziplined Through the Rainforest!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We spent a morning flying across the rainforest canopy at JungleQui Zipline Park&nbsp;in El Yunque National Forest. I don\u2019t know which was more spectacular \u2013 the adrenaline rush of the ziplines as we flew from tree to tree like Tarzan, the incredible views of the lush flora and the river far below, or the sparkling personalities of our tour guides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We Ziplined Through a Rain Forest!\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Se1C1Q_zENU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a little bit of hiking involved, some on a steep trail, so if you do this, you need to be in reasonable physical condition. Make sure to wear good shoes. We wished we had realized we could carry water bottles, because it took 2 \u00bd hours long to navigate 11 ziplines and one exhilarating rappel. And it got hot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We drove to Junglequi, but they also operate a service that will pick you up at your hotel, if you don\u2019t rent a car or prefer not to drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1869\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220328_102540-462x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220328_102540-462x1024.jpg 462w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220328_102540-135x300.jpg 135w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220328_102540-768x1704.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220328_102540-692x1536.jpg 692w, 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If you\u2019re ever looking for a personalized tour of any part of Puerto Rico from someone who has a true passion for discovery and a contagious joy, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Rosario-ToursAdventures-Chans-BnB-105732642065420\" target=\"_blank\">Julio Flores<\/a> is your man!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220328_101009-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220328_101009-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220328_101009-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220328_101009-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220328_101009-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220328_101009-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.junglequipr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">JungleQui<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Rosario-ToursAdventures-Chans-BnB-105732642065420\" target=\"_blank\">Rosario Tours<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/Fe27yKYPPVxygoy18\/\">Map<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spent a morning flying across the rainforest canopy at JungleQui Zipline Park&nbsp;in El Yunque National Forest. I don\u2019t know which was more spectacular \u2013 the adrenaline rush of the ziplines as we flew from tree to tree like Tarzan, the incredible views of the lush flora and the river far below, or the sparkling &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/12\/we-ziplined-through-the-rainforest\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;We Ziplined Through the Rainforest!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[395,281,222,216,268],"tags":[30,31,398,397,27,266,399,9,12,5,6,396],"class_list":["post-1866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-ecotourism","category-lisa-blogger","category-outdoors","category-puerto-rico","tag-adventure","tag-adventure-travel","tag-elyunque","tag-jungle","tag-messysuitcase","tag-puertorico","tag-rappel","tag-retirement","tag-travel","tag-travel-blog","tag-travel-blogger","tag-zipline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1866"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1878,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866\/revisions\/1878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}