White Water Rafting

Today we went white water rafting on Rio Chili in Arequipa with friends.  This was our first time and so we really didn't know what to expect.  Dan & I had only ever been rafting on the American River in Sacramento which is is pretty calm in the summer, so I for one was a little nervous about hitting bigger rapids.  We wore wet suits which helped to fight the chill of the 40-50°F water.  We had 2 raft guides, 1 per boat, and divided into 2 groups (Dan & I got our own boat).  The rapids ranged from Class 2-4 throughout the trip, but even when waters were calmer there was still never a dull moment.  Our guide, Javier, was a great guide, but he kept yelling at us "Escuchme!" apparently we weren't listening to his directions ;)  At one point he called Dan a "woman" and said he needed to row harder.  Haha!  

This was a great day!

 Me, Dan, Judith & Peter

 Dan ready for action!

Rio Chili

 Dan and me with our guide, Javier.

 Dan almost falling out of the boat, probably because we weren't listing to Javier (Escuchame!)

When Javier screamed "Inside!" than we got our butts inside that boat!

This a class 4 rapid - the biggest on the the trip

Woohoo!

Our friends' raft

At the drop

 Out to lunch after the trip-this is such a great group of people

 Ummm....cake...

...and brownie...

A great way to wrap up a fantastic day!