White Water Rafting Experience

" Blessed are those who fall off the raft for theirs is adventure"
"Blessed are those who are pushed off the raft for theirs is thrill!"

Started the year with an awesome adventure in Cagayan De Oro, the City of Golden Friendship. I have long planned to have this adventure trip and im happy that my UPAK (University of the Philippines Association of Karate) teammates, like me are seeking for adventures.

It was my first time to do rafting and take note, I don't know how to swim! :D
But I braved the waters for this adventure. I trust that I'm not going to die during a vacay stint.


First, we boarded on a jeepney to get to the venue where the rafts are. We were also given direction and safety precautions on that place.

me and April, sleepless but very much excited!

me and Hei

my face with sunblock. NO. sunblock with a face


We arrived to the location and wore our gears :)
OH YEAH...

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We had a placid ride ...that is, before the RAPIDS!
We were still dry under the sun. Dry spirits too.
Then we were forewarned; There are 20++ rapids all in all!
At the sight of the first rapid, my pulse raced. I was too excited to ride the wave.
I cannot describe the feeling, but I remember clutching my foot to the feet brace on the raft for safety. I had mixed feeling actually.

"I'll ride the wave, where it takes me" from Peal Jam's 'Release' rang on my head :)

In our first fall, I drank little water. I felt the current and it was strong!
But Im glad all of us fell off the raft. FAIR. > :D


We came across MORE rapids and one time, I was the only one thrown off the raft!
I actually thought all of us fell! I panicked under water because I was stuck under the raft and the rock. I don't know how to swim very well. But just in time when i'm about to lose air, I was able to climb up. I was SOOOO terrified. I could have died. And when I saw friends, they were laughing! haha. But they said, they worried about me because it took a long time for me to surface on the water.



We had several great experiences on the raft. Thanks to our guide! Kuya said that he
was wrong to think of our group as mild riders. He said we were meant for EXTREME!

So we tried so many ways to ride a raft. Rotating, standing up, etc!
One time we were all singing "Terrfied" while rowing standing up on the waves,
FRONT ROW! XD



This is indeed one of the most memorable adventure I ever had.
I would surely do it again sometime :)