Thursday, May 1 - Rio Pacuare - morning
I was really excited about this day because it would be my first experience white water rafting(!). Made sure I brought plenty of sunscreen because we would be out on the river for four hours. In the morning, the guides picked us up on time (gasp!). So I was seated in the van when I saw this: While Shally was running out of the hotel, she lost her flipflop. It's comical to see the surprise and then the immediate laughter following the realization. She was climbing into the van when she realized that she didn't have her towel. Ran back inside the hotel. When she ran back out, she almost fell while coming down the steps. At this point, everyone got a good laugh including our tour guide and driver. :D
Ate breakfast at the river guide company "headquarters"- it was a place with facilities for customers to get dressed for the trip and storage for the rafting equipment. While we were eating, our tour guide strolled to the picnic area and announced that he had spotted a sloth in one of the trees. Jokingly, he said that he wouldn't tell us where until we had finished breakfast. We ignored his request and went to look for the sloth (well, we were almost done anyway). Couldn't find it until he strolled over to point it out for us. It was a ball of fur sitting in the tree but you could see its claws - pretty cool!
After getting prepped for rafting (changing shoes, applying sunblock, etc), we piled back into the van to drive to the starting point of our rafting trip. What we did not realize was that we needed to hike a little ways to get to the river. Normally, this would not elicit the complaints that ran through my mind...but with a tropical sun beating down upon us, thin plastic-soled water shoes, and a rocky downhill path, I think I was fully justified to have those thoughts.
It was such a relief when we finally reached the river bank. After donning our safety gear and a lecture on safety, we were off!
I was really excited about this day because it would be my first experience white water rafting(!). Made sure I brought plenty of sunscreen because we would be out on the river for four hours. In the morning, the guides picked us up on time (gasp!). So I was seated in the van when I saw this: While Shally was running out of the hotel, she lost her flipflop. It's comical to see the surprise and then the immediate laughter following the realization. She was climbing into the van when she realized that she didn't have her towel. Ran back inside the hotel. When she ran back out, she almost fell while coming down the steps. At this point, everyone got a good laugh including our tour guide and driver. :D
Ate breakfast at the river guide company "headquarters"- it was a place with facilities for customers to get dressed for the trip and storage for the rafting equipment. While we were eating, our tour guide strolled to the picnic area and announced that he had spotted a sloth in one of the trees. Jokingly, he said that he wouldn't tell us where until we had finished breakfast. We ignored his request and went to look for the sloth (well, we were almost done anyway). Couldn't find it until he strolled over to point it out for us. It was a ball of fur sitting in the tree but you could see its claws - pretty cool!
After getting prepped for rafting (changing shoes, applying sunblock, etc), we piled back into the van to drive to the starting point of our rafting trip. What we did not realize was that we needed to hike a little ways to get to the river. Normally, this would not elicit the complaints that ran through my mind...but with a tropical sun beating down upon us, thin plastic-soled water shoes, and a rocky downhill path, I think I was fully justified to have those thoughts.
It was such a relief when we finally reached the river bank. After donning our safety gear and a lecture on safety, we were off!
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