Rafting on the River Pacuere

So, today was amazing. I can't even describe how amazing it was, but I'll try my best. We all got up at around 4:45 am (yes that is way too early). We all got ready for the rafting trips and proceeded to head out by around 5:45pm. We found the bus stop (boy was that a relief), and got to the ALE school at around 6:15pm just in time to get picked up by our tour guide Diaz for the rafting trip. Our entire EWH group went on this trip which was about a 2 and half our drive from the school. Once we got to the place, we had to leave our belongings in the van and secure our sandals to our feet for this rocky ride. For me personally, I used a piece of string (engineering skills) to tie the flip flop straps to the back of my heel. Diaz, our guide, said that he was impressed at this "new" technology in a joking manner. We then got in groups of 6 and rafted down the Pacuere River. The river had very many rapids that ranged from Class 1 to 4. The whole experience was very exciting. Our raft guide Luis made us do tricks like standing up in the middle of rapids or rowing backwards. Afterwards, we eat at a local restaurant eating some nice chicken, rice, beans, etc and those lovely fried plantains watching Denmark beat some team I can't remember. We then got back in time for some nice home cooked meals from our host mother Flori.