Day Twentyone
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November 22/2009 Log entry
"Rafting the Seti River"
Up early as directed and raced to the rafting office only to wait and wait. Finally we got to the river via a bus taken from the bus park. We spent some time getting the supplies and gear down to river and loaded. Once on the river we had a blast. We all got soaked running the rapids. The scenery was awesome, the landscape has all changed again. Now we are in all bamboo, wood and thatched roof houses. The sides of the river are high cliffs with jungle plants. We saw tons of crazy birds, huge raptors, vultures and even some very wild green/turquoise coloured birds as well as many strange butterflies. Once we rounded a corner and on the bank a bunch of people were burning a human body as part of a funeral ritual. Only the flames and smoke were visible and all the people on the shore waved and smiled at us as we passed. We stopped for lunch on the beach which the guides made fresh, chopping up a ton of vegetables to make coleslaw that rocked! We made camp later in the afternoon. We slept under tarps open to the air. Before bed they served us prawn chips and hot chocolate as a snack and later followed a wicked soup with popadam chips then a huge dinner of cheese pasta, vegetables and excellent French fries. It was so much good food served fresh made on the beach. We ordered a beer each from a local village boy who delivered them to us later. Tired we all went to bed early just as a group of villagers started to sing, dance and play drums. Dogs slept in the sand beside us and something in the night woke them and us, they screeched and barked as well all woke up in a start. Our sleep was not the best as the ground was very hard with only a thin rubber mat. We should have moved out to the fire and slept in the soft sand.
