Day 265 (31/12/08) Jez's Birthday (aka New Years Eve) Brimming with excitement we were up at 7am to a cloudless blue sky, to catch our transfer from the camp to the rafting spot for breaky and the days briefing. We were soon fitting up with helmets, life jackets and jumped on the back of the truck and down to the launching point of the White Nile. We allocated ourselves into rafts Carly, Jez, Nathan, Tania, Mike from our truck and an enthusiastic American lady, we were assigned an instructor, Jane “one tough looking bitch”. Jane had over twenty years experience so we were in safe hands. After a quick practice of the strokes, how to flip and get in and out of the raft we were ready to tackle our first rapid. With the other rafts
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