On the final day of our holiday the weather was still a bit overcast but dry enough for us to go bamboo rafting. A taxi was called to take us to the river despite the fact that it was very walkable. When our taxi turned up it was one man on a moped! We began to walk with him alongside until he decided that he would take us in two lots. Sam and William jumped on and sped off whilst Oliver and I kept walking. We got to within 200 yards of the river when the 'taxi' reappeared and insisted upon Oliver and jumped on!
It was very busy at the river and old women constantly tried to sell us waterproof ponchoes and plastic water cannons to fire at each other! We declined both.
Eventually we were off on our rafts. They were different to the rafts we had in Thailand in that they had seats! Although within a few minutes we all had numb bottoms as they were not the most comfortable!
We got up a pretty good speed and soon came to the first 'waterfall'!
William and Oliver enjoyed going down it. No sooner had we than we pulled over at a raft island where there were computers and laminaters whiring away! We bought a couple of photos.
We had thought that it would be a peaceful morning on the river but there were alot of rafts and a lot of people squirting their water cannons! Also our drivers kept trying to stop at one of the floating 'restaurants' so we could have some fish. However, despite the river traffic it was great fun and the scenery was fantastic. We will highly recommend this part of China to friends and relatives and plan to return ourselves.
It was very busy at the river and old women constantly tried to sell us waterproof ponchoes and plastic water cannons to fire at each other! We declined both.
Eventually we were off on our rafts. They were different to the rafts we had in Thailand in that they had seats! Although within a few minutes we all had numb bottoms as they were not the most comfortable!
We got up a pretty good speed and soon came to the first 'waterfall'!
William and Oliver enjoyed going down it. No sooner had we than we pulled over at a raft island where there were computers and laminaters whiring away! We bought a couple of photos.
We had thought that it would be a peaceful morning on the river but there were alot of rafts and a lot of people squirting their water cannons! Also our drivers kept trying to stop at one of the floating 'restaurants' so we could have some fish. However, despite the river traffic it was great fun and the scenery was fantastic. We will highly recommend this part of China to friends and relatives and plan to return ourselves.
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