After trying white water rafting in Honduras on a small river we decided to go all out and throw ourselves down a world class set of rapids here in Costa Rica.
The rio Pacuare is one of the top 5 white water rafting rivers in the world, due to its fierce rapids ranging from small 2's to epic 4's down an 18 mile stretch of river with pristine rainforest on either side of the banks.
We arrived in Turrialba, a small town in Costa Rica's main rafting region, and found a great company called Rio Loco's Tropical Tours Rafting (as featured in the New York Times - http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/travel/22CostaRica.html?pagewanted=all). The following day the team, including the guide Chalo, came to pick us up for our adventure.
Words really cannot describe how cool this trip was, from gentle rafting thought to walls of water enveloping the boat, "Class IV: major obstructions, big, unavoidable waves, distinct risk of flipping — in short, fun."
We had an amazing time with our crewmates from Belgium and Holland. Even though it peed it down all day, the adrenaline kept us pumped and ready. Check out the picks and the vids.
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