Date: 6/30/97
Weather: partly sunny
Place: River Valley, Wellington
I had a cup of coffee and a couple of s'mores for breakfast, then took entirely too long getting my full-body wetsuit on for whitewater rafting. Once we got to the river, we carried the boats down to the banks and got a crash course in rafting. The water was unexpectedly deep, even in the narrowest places. The scenery we got to see convinced me that New Zealand is the most beautiful place on Earth, even without seeing the south island. Plus, river rafting was the only way to see it. It was otherwise inaccessible and untouched. We jumped off 9 and 10 meter high ledges into the freezing water and got stuck 90 feet after taking over (Author's note: The guide got out of the boat and let the newbies try to negotiate some rapids ourselves. We got wedged on a rock and the boat filled with water, so he had to make his way through the rapids to us just to get us unstuck). After a shower, we drove to Wellington with no stops.
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