The Begining, River Valley Lodge

what can i say?
'paradise' is the only way to describe it!
arriving there was what i would imagine going to heaven is like: sun was shining, stunning views, kayakers and rafters everywhere, camping is dirt cheap and there's an awsome playwave parallel with my tent!! (dad, ud be so jelous if you could see this place!)

met two guys also doing the ambassidor programme with bliss-stick- Donny from germany and Iain from liverpool area, both slightly older than me. really cool guys - we've decided that after our work at the kayak factory, we're going to buy a car together and do as many rivers around the country as we can... perfect ...!

too much rain has prevented us running the gorge outside the lodge - (the Rangitikei) - currently all raft trips are cancelled, and running it is concidered 'crazy' by most standards... to do it in spate as a first decent would be stupid, so we're waiting for levels to drop
.... this is frustrating, we spent three days straight doing very little. we're borrowing boats from Bliss-stick, iv got a 'Mystic' at the moment.