Hola all!
So today was friggin´ awesome! I went with the two other students I mentioned previously Alyssa and Jakob (I made a mistake, he´s Swedish, not Swiss! Lo siento) to WHITE WATER RAFTING!!! It was absolutely amazing! The river we went to is called Pacuáre and it was absolutely gorgeous. We went through very many class 3+ rapids and even through four 4/4+ class rapids - OMG SUCH A THRILL! Our boat guide, Dani, was hilarious as well. Not only a boat guide, he was our tour bus guide as well and was definitely into making all these ridiculous tourist-friendly jokes that we all love.
Once we got to the base camp we ate a traditional breakfast: Gallo pinto, scrambled eggs, mini sauseges, watermellon juice, and coffee. We changed and locked up all our belongings in a locker and got back in the buss for another 20 minute ride up the mountain to the beginning spot of the river tour. We were literally floating in the middle of the jungle, parts of it belonging to the Parque Nacional de CR. After about 2.5-3 hours of rafting we stopped to eat lunch. Before we got to lunch Dani found plenty of spots to keep pushing us off the boats for solely for the ¨sake of teaching us how to rescue each other if we happen to fall¨. Yea, during the entire river ride none of us fell, we either jumped or were pushed/pulled off by Dani or other boat guides. There were some long parts without rapids that we could just float next to the boat along with the current. Alyssa and I kept on trying to push Dani off the boat and into the water but he´s sneaker than us and managed to always reverse the situation on us and push us off instead.
Our lovely river guides made our lunch, which was very nice of them, and then we continued to the last hour or so of the river tour, encountering the first rapid of the second part, aptly named ¨indigestion¨ :) No one suffered indigestion however, which was nice! Throughout the river, the rescue kayaks also had cameras with them so they were taking pictures of all of us as we went through the various rapids. Alyssa, Jakob, and I split the cost of the CD they all sold and we´re gonna try to see if we can make copies of it at the school tomorrow, and if not, I will take it back with me to the States and will make copies for them and send to them. All in all, WONDERFUL DAY (despite the waking up at 5am eeeek).
To explain the title of the blog for a quick moment, I can definitely say that my butt hurts a lot from sitting on the boat. The rubber the boats are made of is very tough and we´re all sore now, kind of like when going horse back riding! Also, so I applied sun screen, clearly, and although I am a little racoon-y despite the fact, I forgot to apply on my legs and all I have to prove for it is sun-burned knees. That´s right, KNEES! Weird...
Anyways, til next time!
Mucho amor para todos,
Meirav
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