White Water Rafting is the best cure for a hangover... we were woken up by the van at 8am after 2 hours sleep, well it wasnt really sleep. We had gone to a club called De Ja Vu friday night with the girls from the flat over the road, it was alright but I couldn´t help feeling I´d been there before...
We drove for about 30mins outside Arequipa to the Rio Chili. We had 2 rafts of about 5 people each and we suited up, its hard to look cool in a wetsuit, most people looked like condoms. I still had the shakes from De Ja Vu so when I was put in the front of the raft I was preparing for a noon death. We spent about 20 mins on the water practicing all the commands that the guide was shouting at us, our co ordination was quite good for 4 hangovers. Once it got going it was fantastic, the rapids were mostly level 3 but get up to level 4 which is so much fun, the sharp rocks and whirlpools make it so much more exciting ( i always struggle to spell exciting, can someone confirm this is right?). There was serious splash warfare with the other raft, we most definitely won. At quiet parts in the river we would head for waterfalls and drench ourselves, but being at the front i took most of the punishment as it was liquid ice. After 2 hours on the water the raft didnt actually capsize which was a little disappointing, however those rocks didnt look very cuddly.
Great day, rafting rules.
P.
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