Ready for some action, we headed up into the mountains in the Pico Bonito Cloud Forest. We spent the night at Jungle River Lodge, right on the river side, ready to get rafting early in the morning. It was pretty special with the roar of the river and sounds of the forest. In the morning we went out with a great group - Shaun & Britney from California, Lisa from Peru, Luis the global nomad and Ninana based in Nicaragua - and three local guides.
Starting off with an old fashioned prayer for our safe return (always reassuring!) our guides then set about our 'training' for the rapids. Swimming through currents and white water rapids, climbing up rock faces, jumping off 20 ft boulders and 'floating' down rapids. Pete and the guys climbed up a sheer rock face - sans climbing equipment - before leaping into a rapid from 30 ft. Totally loco!
Needless to say, by the time it got to the actual rafting, we were ready for anything. We had an awesome time heading down river with our guide tackling the rapids and we didn't flip out the raft once, result. Now we can't wait for the next time!
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