K.K. Day 2 -- Rafting

First of all, let me briefly describe rafting.

'' Rafting is a challenging recreational activity utilizing a raft to navigate a river or other bodies of water. This is usually done on whitewater or different degrees of rough water, in order to thrill and excite the raft passengers. The development of this activity as a leisure sport has become popular since the mid 1970s. '' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafting

So, as we were back from Manuka Island that day, we got ourselves registered at Borneo Tour agency which involved water rafting on the next day. As beginners, we challenged the level3,4 rafting (turned out not even hard) cause the officer was insistent that my cousin and I look strong. Without much hesitation, we signed the package. (Note that if you are travelling in Malaysia, there is a special rate for malaysian. So be smart.)


There were 8 of us in a team. And, coincidentally, 8 of us are going to England. The boy in orange claimed he has got the conditional offer from Oxford University and his girlfriend happens to be firm to King's College London. See how smart they are eh??

I especially like this couple sitting beside us. ( Oh didn't I mention all of them are couple besides me and my cousin? This man thought we were couple too.. well yea, my cousin does look younger with that haircut) I learnt that Malay get offended if you use index finger to do pointing, and I could see this guy couldn't help it. His wife had to slap his finger whenever his index finger's up and forced hm to use the thumb. So funny..

So we took about 4 hours coach ride to the train station. Is this like the first railway in East Malaysia? and it looks like this!

Wow, that is really 'new' eh?? That British lady even asked me to take a photo of it as she has never seen this before in England. Another tick to Malaysia's technology. .. It's maximum speed is 30km/h, as we were told, so no worries if you miss the train, you can always catch up with it in a minute or so. *grin*

The full force of our rafting team! Pop that champagne we completed the 18km, 3.5 hours rafting, and no capsizing at all. The depth of the river is said to be 8m.

I really enjoyed it a lot. It was really fun, thrilling and full of excitement, though it's tiring. To those who haven't tried this before, please do it at least once in your lifetime. I would never hesitate to do it again in the future, the only condition is at the river with clearer water..

:)