Day Six - October 13th, 2014

It was October the 13th and it was a little bit colder than it has been the past few days. Today, we are going white water rafting in the Navua River. We had to wake up SO early. We woke up at around 5:45 and ordered room service since none of the hotel restaurants were open until 6:30. I ordered fresh fruit and toast with jelly. Miranda and Megan split an order of scrambled eggs and bacon, and Meghan got pancakes again. Ashlyn ordered eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, fruit, and a tall glass of orange juice. I guess you could say that she was hungry. After eating and putting on swimsuits underneath our clothes we headed downstairs.

We were getting picked up from the hotel a few blocks down the street so we started our walk. The sunrise was so beautiful! We all took pictures on our phones and then sat down on a bench to wait for our ride. Ashlyn was grumpy because it was so early in the morning. Ashlyn is not a morning person. When the car got there we hopped inside to begin the 45 minute drive to the Navua River.

Once we got there we all met in the River Fiji Tours building. A nice lady dressed in a flowered top, and jean shorts talked to us about the rules and safety of White Water Rafting. It was about 7:30 when that was over and she took us on a walk through the jungle. We finally got to the beginning of the  River and three guys handed out life jackets, paddles, and helmets. They assigned all five of us into one boat and we started out on our journey.

 

The River had really tall walls on both sides and the water was so pretty! After a few hours of going down steep areas in the river and almost getting flung out of the raft about ten times, we reached the first stopping point. The people waiting for us gave us a small snack and a bottle of water to take with us in the raft. So far,  it had been a really fun day. We got back into the raft and started paddling again. This section of the river was crazy! We were going so fast and there were so many rocks in the water. We flew off of one waterfall and landed back on the bottom. We got soaking wet!



We finally reached the second stopping point and we were all hungry and tired from paddling. The people waiting for us gave us lunch and they were so nice! We all got turkey subs and a bag of chips. We got another bottle of water and we waited about fifteen minutes before leaving again.

After going through the third section of the river, we were really close to the third stopping point. Right before we got to the dock, Megan went flying off the back of the raft. We were all laughing so hard that we had to stop paddling. Once Megan was back on we ate our snack and then kept on going.

By the time we got to the end of the river, we were all so tired. We got dropped off at the hotel, and then walked to a Chinese restaurant to pick up take out. We ate dinner by the pool and ordered some drinks from the Flying Fish poolside bar.



We took a quick swim in the pool and went back up to our room to watch a movie. We all took turns showering during the movie and we ate one of the fresh mangoes from the Shopping Tour. We watched Mean Girls and by the time it was over, everyone was asleep except for me and Ashlyn. We turned off the TV and went to sleep. It was a great day. I cant wait for tomorrow!

-Krista