Yesterday we went white water rafting on the Chico river! I've been rafting a couple times before on the Ocoee in Tennessee, but this was an entirely different experience. We started the day at the local hotel meeting our guides and piling into a jeepney (think of an elongated hummer that is skinny). We had the deflated raft, paddles, snacks, flotation devices, and helmets along for the ride as well. We took a hour drive up through the Kalinga mountains which was one of the most beautiful drives ever! On the trip up we were on narrow roads and had mountains on one side with mudslides (which put nice size rocks all over the road) and a drop off on the other; plus the roads were excruciatingly windey. And just to add a little more excitement some of us road on top of the jeepney! Once we reached our destination we all gathered while our guides filled our raft with air and got everything ready. It was an eight person raft and there were six of us from the maternity clinic. So two experienced rafters came with us plus our guide. It was so nice that their were no other rafts around, just us. The river was very wide and had a lot of calm parts where we could enjoy the beautiful scenery and was it ever beautiful! While in some of these calm parts we past a few natives fishing and bathing. At one point we stopped at a beautiful waterfall and ate some snacks. The Chico river has some class four rapids and boy were they fun! I couldn't really get pictures when we were in the rapids and so here are some from the company that took us on the river: http://www.chicoriverquest.com/gallery.php ! Once we got back on the jeepney we went to their headquarters where they fed us a delicious filipino meal! All of us got a bit sunburt. So now I have a bunch of guinea pigs who want to try my after sun essential oil mix that I made. Its an assortment of carrier oils with lavender, geranium, and chamomile, and so far it seems to be doing wonders!
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