We’ve been rafting a couple times now, so we thought we would try something a little different. It was Emily’s last week here at MEF so we decided to go rafting, but this time at night.
The rain had been coming down hard on the drive there, with some thunder and lightening too, which scared Halina slightly. Myself and a few others were excited instead, knowing that more rain means more water and a faster river!
After we finally convinced Halina it was a good idea, and not scary, we started making our way down the steps to the river. The steps were sketchy even during the day, so trying to walk in the pitch black, down wet and jagged steps, with only 2 torches between 8 of us, was not easy.
Once at the bottom we climbed in the boat, thinking we would have a head torch each, turns out just the instructors would be having them. Then the guy at the front couldn’t get his torch to stay on his head, so he swapped with the guy at the back. By the time we started properly heading downstream, neither of them wore their torches, only switching one on every now and then to check for rocks poking out.
We paddled for almost an hour, guided only by moonlight. It was such an amazing experience! You could not really see the rapids, only hear them approaching, then suddenly you hear ‘hold the line’ and you’re being thrown about the boat with gallons of water coming down on top of you!
At the last stretch, just before we got out, we all dived off the boat and floated down the jungle river, admiring the outlined hills and trees, and listening to the evening animals all around us. It was a lot of fun!
Funnily enough, no pictures for this blog, sorry.
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