Decided being the daredevils we are to go white water rafting down the river in Baños. Set off around 9.15 with a group of 6 others. After about 20K we arrived at the start point to find a large contingent of the army practicing jumping off bridges. Got changed in open air huts (seperate boy and girl ones thank god!) and got set to go with our Brazilian guides David and Marcio who spoke hardly any English (eek!). With some basic instructions understood among us (i.e. forward means paddle forward, back, paddle back, forward twice means paddle fast) we got going. All went well, we hit a couple of rapids, we all squealed as we got drenched. Got to another rapid and Mike and I and another girl disappeared off the side! Fun you might think
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