Kaituna River Rafting, Rotorua, New Zealand

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By: leelefever on January 16, 2006 - 4:43pm

As were getting a quick safety training session for the whitewater rafting, Puala asked if I had been whitewater rafting before.  Unlike Sachi, I had not.  Paula, one of our guides whispered to me with a devious look in her eye "don't worry we'll pop your cherry gently."  I suppose it was gently considering the part of the Kaitunu  that we did was a class 5 rapid and at 21 feet, has the highest commercially rafted waterfall in the world. Gently indeed.

 

 

 

This is river surfing..

 

We went with Raftabout, in Rotorua, which is one a few companies that do the Kaituna.  The cost was $75 NZ per person, plus pictures. We enjoyed the folks and certainly the trip with Raftabout. 


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Wow!
By: Jeanine on January 16, 2006 - 9:17pm

That looks awesome!  Lee you had perfect form at that pre-falls, crouch-at-the-bottom-of-the-boat moment.

 


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I guess your travel
By: mom (not verified) on January 17, 2006 - 6:31am
I guess your travel insurance was paid up before this ? Looks like loads of fun. Envy, Envy!!!!
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Awesome!
By: Susan (not verified) on January 17, 2006 - 5:21pm
Oh that looked like it was so exhilarating! How fun and exciting and scary and adventrous! I'm sure there will be many more things that you guys do that will fall into that category! Thanks for sharing!
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oi vey!
By: blake on January 18, 2006 - 12:25am
as the good high school kids say, that looks hecka fun. i am damn impressed that you did that. i'm enjoying reading about the travels and looking at the pics. keep 'em coming! oh, lee, i left you a love note on my site, but you will see that you inspired a burst of productivity. i even got on in the oven. shoot, this blogging thing is a breeze. how about i take over leelefever.com while you're away?
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nice drop dude! very
By: jj (not verified) on January 18, 2006 - 12:52am
nice drop dude! very impressive and the facial expressions in the last photo are priceless! Nice gums and teeth guys! Keep up the good bloggage...i feel like an old man living vicariously through his younger friends ;)
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It so nice to hear from our
By: leelefever on January 18, 2006 - 1:06am
It so nice to hear from our friends. We'll keep it comin if yhou keep commenting...
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It was awesome! Jeanine -
By: sachilefever on January 18, 2006 - 1:10am
It was awesome! Jeanine - Think of our trip, but several feet higher and no chance to take a walk around and look first!
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You're having too much fun
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By: Mark on January 18, 2006 - 8:50am
Shouldn't you guys ease into having fun on your trip? It's only been a week or two and already you guys are seemingly having too much fun. I hope the entire trip is gonna be like this, rafting, kayaking, fishing, etc, since it's definitely fun to read about. When are you guys doing that ride where you sit in a airplane-type thingy attached to wires and go back and forth across the valley? I know it's in NZ somewhere, but it's all foreign to me.

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awesome photos
By: Steve (not verified) on January 18, 2006 - 9:40pm

Drenchingly awesome photos! (Should they be used to promote immersion language education?!)

Well-designed and expertly engineered website!

Blog on! Snap away!

When you come to China, you should visit the tulou in Fujian and north-eastern Guangdong. They are cylindrical clan residences made of mainly adobe by the Hakka (Kejia) people. Check out a bit on this at a webpage I made http://twohandsapproach.org/steve_other/hakka/hakkahohokam.htm

Hakka clan residence, Fujian or Guangdong, China 

Will recommend your blog to my students...

Safari njema (Kiswahili for trip good)! 

Steve Watson

Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

 

BTW - what blog software or blog hosting site are you using? 

BTW2 - I can't load http://www.theworldisnotflat.com/filter/tips ... Is it a big file? I get the right column, and the top part of the page, but nothing after this:

compose tips

  • Web and e-mail addresses are automatically converted into links.
  • Images can be added to this post

 Anyway, it could be a bandwidth problem at this end...

ok style means green?


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All right!
By: Tina Myren (not verified) on February 14, 2006 - 3:44pm
Glad to see that you got some world famous rafting in! Looks like you and 2 guides in the boat, what a treat! Was the water warm? I've always wondered what it would be like to raft a river where hypothermia wasn't a concern. Very cool...I hear Australia has some awesome rivers, too. Keep the adventures coming!
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Hi Tina
By: leelefever on February 15, 2006 - 6:36pm
It wasn't that bad- pretty nice temp becasue it was hot that day. Good fun!
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:)
By: Anonymous (not verified) on July 10, 2006 - 3:54am
:)
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