Riding the Mighty Zambezi

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Hell on the water!!

I'm sure you know that I'm not one for extreme adventure. So why on earth would I jump in a boat and ride the "best rapids in the world" today along with 6 other "TV and bottle of wine" type of girls!?!

We rode 23 really crazy rapids over the course of 6 painful hours which were graded from 1-5 (The scale only actually goes up to a 6!) I CANNOT EXPLAIN HOW SCARED I WAS!!

...The boat capsized 4 times and we ended up hit by our paddles, bumped against rocks, trapped under the boat, and my personal best - pulled through the "washing machine" eddy current on number 13 -"THE MOTHER" after being tipped out for the third time and deperately gulping for breath for a good minute until the little resue boat fetched me back on!!

I cannot advise anyone to try this "sport"! (although dad, you probably would have quite enjoyed it!)

Best part is that I have a DVD of the whole damn thing so I can re-live the nightmare again and again.

Having said that the Zambezi is a beautiful river with huge gorges - Zambia on one side and Zimbabwe on the other.
Riding an elephant tomorrow at 6:15am!!- Now that sounds more relaxing!

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Photos

Yes, we really did look like this!
This is a pic of the net cos my underwater camera hasn't been developed yet. can all laugh at the actual pictures later!!