White-Water rafting and Jet-Boating

Onto the first thrill over the next two days...white water rafting!  We put on our bikinis, then some attractive holey jumpers, followed by a wetsuit then a jacket and some sexual booties...me and holly were hot to trot for a night out!

Next we were put into the rafts...us lot had our own raft with BRUCE!!! (scary, sweaty NZ guide) we started quite easily, just a lesson on how to do the oars etc, and how to hold on and stuff, and we stopped and drank the freshest water from a waterfall i have ever been lucky enough to taste..

White-water rafting gets you rather wet and sore around the shoulder area..

We kept going, and then ALL OF A SUDDEN, hit the first set of rapids...now looking back on it, they were pretty small...but whoosh! They'd just take you and ram you into rocks, and you had to keep rowing and BRUCE was shouting at us to keep going and keep rowing faster and faster, i thought my arms would fall off!  There were periods of it being calm in between, and then we all stopped so we could do some entertaining activities..These included swimming (read drowning) through some grade 2 rapids, mum started screaming coz she couldnt get air in, leading to even more water going into her mouth..and then some free jumps into the water. Me and holly were the only 2 to do it, and she did the 4m jump and i did the beasty 10m jump! Mum couldnt even watch she was that terrified, and yelled at me for shouting at holly to jump (bless her heart)

After we did some more rapids, and i considered cutting my arms off so BRUCE couldnt tell me to row any more, we drew the rafting to a close and had a HUUUUUUGE BBQ...me and holly each ate about 3 million sausage baps each, and then it was time to bumble off in the camper van to the little town of westport to relax for the night and prepare ourselves for the jetboating the next day..can't wait!!

So we wake up, so so achey from the day before and head down to the activity centre.  We are, again, given a really sexual outfit to wear, picture this if you can (its really hot)...huuuuge, way too long rubber trousers, a big waterproof jacket with hood and bright yellow sunglasses...can you see what im seeing? its not a good look.

We all got into the boat and were driven down whilst attached to the tractor till we got the river.  The boat was slid in, and we proceeded to have a fairly tame ride up the river, with a few twists and speedy bits, but mainly quite strange commentary on how full the river can get, and the driver looking for fish for his tea (this is the conclusion we came to anyway) the way back was much much better, with 360 degree turns and spins and lots of speed, but to be honest, it was nothing compared to the brutalness of the white water rafting, with it feeling like a slightly wet rollercoaster ride..never mind, it was definitley worth a try!

After this we are travelling towards Christchurch, to relax for the last few days of our trip