So swimming in white water....

So Lara woke up at 6am with nerves and decided it was best to wake me up and kick me out of the tent to make her coffee... hmmm. we headed down to the river and met our guide, Didier. We put on our wetsuits with great difficulty, either they were very hard to put on or he underestimated our sizes. I will go with the first option as he gave me a size large! So once through the briefing we were ready to go. During the briefing we assured him we were both fine and understood what to do.

So here we are all kitted up and ready to go. We walked down to the water put our flippers on and off we went. The first thing Lara did was flip over and head off down the river upside down submerged. Didier look worried! After she righted herself she was fine and we both had a great time swimming down the rapids and thoroughly enjoyed it. Lara with her fear of swimming and water did brilliantly and thoroughly enjoyed it.This bit was the hardest we swam through, doesn't look much in the photo, but when you are swimming towards it I promise you it does! there is only one clear line through it otherwise it was smashing into rock time!

In the afternoon we decided it was best for us to lie on the rug next to the tent and sleep it off. then in the evening we had a quite burn up to the local col and work our lungs. An early night was had.