Monday, 15 December 2008

5 star Rafting

So, off we go: one very lazy and hydrophobic journalist, 2 young millionaires, 2 elder people, Emmanuelle and I to go rafting 3 days on the Landsborough river, a class 3 to 4 rafting river, very beautiful and quite remote. Have you ever felt like you were being spoiled? Well I'll tell you what being spoiled is:
First you get a ride by bus to the take off site from where the helicopter takes you to the starting point. It's a 20 minute flight through the valley of the river. You arrive at camp where you're welcomed by 2 nice ladies serving cold beer, perfectly chilled wine and hors d'oeuvres. The tents are already standing so nothing to do but enjoy this beautiful place.
The next day, after a short explanation on the basics of not drowning we paddle down the rapids for a couple of hours. We enjoy fantastic panoramas, scrumptious food, marvelous desserts and palatable wines. The weather is very cooperative as the temperature is perfect, the sun doesn't show itself too much (remember the Ozone hole is above New Zealand and the sun kicks like a mule).
By the time we had arrived to the second camp, we all get a hot showers (we’re in the middle of nowhere!), do a bit of walking and are back just in time for a 4 course dinner.
The next day back on the river, we enjoy beautiful weather, fantastic views and good fishing. (I caught me a 3 pound trout!) It was quite difficult realizing we were in the middle of nowhere. There aren’t any roads nearby and the only way in is walking or by helicopter
Once back at the hotel where we left our car: a nasty surprise awaited us: somebody had run into our car leaving a nice dent.































































1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ha die Bas,
Hoe gaat het daar heeeel ver weg?
Wil je je privé adres s.v.p. aan mij doorgeven?

Ik mail je nog, ik hoor graag van je.
Groetjes ook aan Emanuelle.

p.s. e-mail adres is annie.viladrosa@movares.nl