Two guides, and 2 sets of NZers headed downstream. When it came to the white water one man could could be heard relentlessly yelling

And the other had some female yelling

(it’s a loss of control thing)
There were a group of younger backpackers on another tour doing the same route. When asked the guides said they preferred the older travellers – less trouble. And so it proved, none of us came out but the backpackers seemed to spend some time with overturned boats.
R&R steamed through most of the route but had one sticky moment caught sideways in some trees in the middle of the rapids

We had one moment where we came out of the rapids into the calm and Andrew did a turn to watch the other boats. He managed to spin the back of the boat under water and was a bit closer to swimming than he had intended

It was a hard day and at the end we were pleased to walk up the hill from the river. Both men had found the lack of back support in the kayak made it hard work but both managed to steer us safely for 5 hours
We stopped at some interesting villages during the journey …more to come

Loved this post and your illustrations - I can totally imagine Paula saying those phrases!
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