Saturday, June 9, 2012

White Water Rafting - June 9

We were on the bus at 9:00 this morning for our trek to the white water rafting location.  I was so excited!  I've been wanting to go white water rafting for years and this is the first time I've made it a reality.  It took us about an hour to get to the river, suited up in oh-so attractive helmets and life vests, and then got our 10 minute safety lecture about how not to be idiots on the river (my interpretation, not theirs).

Then we clambered into the boats and had a five-minute testing of our new paddling skills and we were off.  Our boat guide was Andreas and he was fantastic.  He had a great sense of humor and regaled us with stories and pointed out birds and vegetation along the way.  We had the lead boat out of six boats so we never knew what was ahead of us until we were in the thick of it.  It was so much fun!  Even though it was only class 1 and 2 rapids it was still a thrill...but I definitely want to try this again with bigger rapids!

About half-way through our journey, it started to rain but by that time it didn't make any difference whatsoever since we all thoroughly drenched from the waves.  We continued down the river splashing the other boats when they came close to us and just generally trying to get people even more wet.


We reluctantly came to the end of our expedition after an hour and a half trip and climbed onto the bus in our soaking wet, clammy clothes for a 1/2 hour ride to the rafting headquarters where we were able to change into the dry clothes we brought and scarf down a bite to eat since it was now 1:15.  We were starving!

After lunch, we were back on the bus for the hour-long trip back to the ship and then an uneventful afternoon and evening.  Between the zip-line excursion and the white water rafting, Costa Rica has been a lot of fun!  We left the port around 8:00 pm and we are on our way to Belize - our last port before heading home.

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Terry said...

Sounds like a really fun day. I can just picture you shooting the rapids with a big ol' grin on your face. And it was probably your idea to splash the other boaters too, hmmm?

Soule@Sea said...

I'm pleading the fifth that on that one, Terry!

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