Rafting

We took a full day rafting trip on the Uribambi river, just outside of Cusco... the trip was excellent! We left at about 9am with our guides, an Israeli family, and a guy from England. The car ride took about 2 hours, including getting stuck in a huge mud pit and getting some local people to bail us out with a tractor. We finally got on the river, wet suits and all, at about noon. The rafting was tons of fun - we had 7 people in a large raft with another raft in front of us in case anyone fell out along the way. We navigated class 2 and 3 rapids for about 2 hours, switching places a few times. I headed to the front of the boat for about 40 minutes and got more water on me than I bargained for - every wave you hit SOAKS the person in front.

The driver met us at the destination with a nice lunch - we lounged by the river for about an hour eating and soaking up the sun before returning to our hostel to chill for the evening.

Chao,
mike.