Up about 6:00, I think. Had tea/coffee, breakfast, all the usual bit, and started out about 9:00.
As we were carrying the raft from the beach back down to the waters edge this morning, we were going across lots of rocks. I was in my bare feet, and I jammed my foot...and smashed my toe against a rock...the same toe that I smashed up in Thailand two years ago...how fresh that memory seemed at that moment. It bled for a bit, and was tender all day, but by late afternooon, it was almost as good as new.
Some decent rapids today, with bits of flat water.
Around noon, wind kicked up again, making it hard
Had lunch around 1:00ish.
Kept going, and found civilization around 3:30ish, where we made it to the only highway bridge to cross over the Tamur. We drove across this bridge on the bus on our way up to the trekking point. It sucked to see it, after 7:00 days of being back in time.
Found a campsite about 4:00, and made camp.
Rafting takes a toll on you after a number of days. Butt cheeks were sore, shoulders were sore, it can be physically exhausting, but it's totallly worth it.
We had some sort of pasta thing for supper and apple crumble for dessert. The apple crumble was amazing. It was the first time Mani had made apple crumble on the river.
To bed about 9:00.
This must be a wonderland for kids. An infinite backyard of trees to climb, rocky cliffs to scale across, rivers to swim in, big rocks to jump off of into the river.
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