So it started at the un-godly hour of 8:00 a.m. today. We received a free breakfast of eggs, fruit and juice. It was satisfying. We were picked up at 8:30 by a Tico driving a 15 seater Korean van with a raft tied on top from our hostel. In the van were Josh, myself, 3 Slovenian future-rafters, our guide and our safety kayaker/photographer. The drive took about an hour and we had to head through a private farm to access to Rio Pacuare.
Upon arrival we took the raft off, grabbed a helmet, life vest and paddle and threw everything else in the van to keep dry. Today, we would attempt a bunch of Class III rapids and a half-dozen Class IV's.
So it turns out I'm a very squinty-faced white-water rafter with a tendency to fall out in the middle of a Class IV rapid. Josh said he tried to hold me from falling in, but the pictures don't back up his story. The safety kayaker would paddle ahead and go up on shore and wait for us to come through to snap our pictures.
Josh and I each almost broke an ankle with big Slovenian men falling on our strapped-in ankles and I smacked heads with Marsha the single female in the raft. Overall it was incredibly scenic with gorgeous backdrops and enough adrenaline-pumping rapids to make each of us wet our pants a little bit. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
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