Going over the edge and plunging down the 4-foot drop our raft buckled in half sandwiching me between Alli & Chad up front and the two guides beside & behind me. Water poured in, the guides rebounded off me, the raft flatted out, and we were floating along now gently down the Sungai Ayung River again. This was 3 minutes into our rafting trip and one of only three or four serious Class III drops.
Lovely waterfalls & narrow Jorge walls, a rockslide, and free floating are some of the other highlights of our morning float trip. This is definitely Adventure showing up in Ubud, Bali on my 2007 Contribution Adventure world tour.
The toughest part of this trip is the extreme descent & ascent of the hundreds of stairs down & back up the ravine. At least there is a fun open-air tram up the last bit.
A welcome shower, changing room, and tasty lunch await us at the top. I didn’t bring a change of clothes or a lot of mullah but Alli & Chad gave me 25,000 RP ($3.50) to buy a nice cotton Hawaii type shirt in exchange for my emailing them my photos of our rafting. Thus another expression of Contribution is exchanging and sharing.
1 comment:
James,
I still have not gone white water rafting. So sure would like to do it someday. Was the water very cold? It looks like a lot of fun. I don't know about being all squished up like a sandwich folded in half but it obviously didn't hurt anyone. Viva whitewater rafting.
Love,
Peggy
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