Wow, a full two weeks of being in Bali has already passed. Just another week before it is a return to reality… 🙁 Let’s not think about that!

We wanted to try out rafting in Bali since we had such a fun time in Oregon last summer. When we first arrived, we talked to a guy about two different locations for the rafting. He explained that one was close-by but with class 1 and 2 size rapids and a very small river.  He said we wanted to go to the one that was a bit further away, but a much better rafting experience. We waited to book and decided to book online, but didn’t check which trip we were booked on.

The day started out with grey skies, which should have been a clue as to how things would go…. It was an early rise for us – up at 8.30 and in the lobby by 9….

We took about an hour car-ride into the countryside and ended up at Bakas Elephant Tour company. There was rain when we first got there, but it had stopped by the time we had donned our lifejackets, helmets and paddle ready to go!

You can see from the pics that the river was quite narrow and the rapids were fun, but little. We were in basically a two person raft with two “guides” who were basically amateurs. I think I probably had as much or even more experience in a rafting boat as them…. One guy was a bit too “guidey” in his splashing, ooohing and aaahing, etc. R didn’t like it at all and I just smiled it off knowing that it was part of the experience although annoying.

Despite the cloudy day and lame guides, we had some fun. However, if you want a better experience than ours, confirm to which river you are going!

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After recovering in the afternoon, we didn’t want to go too far for dinner and decided to try out the pizza joint nearby the hotel. It was tasty!

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That’s the adventure for the day! 😀