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Advanced White Water Rafting in Cagayan de Oro

Published by lakbay on January 4th, 2010 - in Travel Philippines
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It was a not so eventful day for the rest of the world, as it was still dark when we boarded the plane from Cebu to Cagayan de Oro. But for us, it was a beginning of an exciting and adrenaline-pumping escapade.

PA230441 When we arrived there, we waited in the airport terminal gate for our bus to pick us up en route to the starting point.

It was somewhat cloudy but you could see some rays of the sun seeping through the clouds.

We had some briefing first, what we need to know in case something happens. But most importantly, Dodoy our rafting guide said, Enjoy!
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Cagayan De Oro Water Rafting

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Kagay! The company we hired to experience this shout-and-shriek evoking adventure. The run was about 3 hours, and my friends who were mostly ladies had a screaming adventure of their lifetime.

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Above is the documentation of how we managed to steer ourselves to the path of doom… But I’m suspicious it was the doing of our guides. Anyway, there was a person at the keeling side of the SOTAR (State Of The Art Raft) who was thrown off, and it happened to be me. Why, oh why me?

My buddy tried to save me by thrusting his paddle but no use, the current swept me away. Good thing I have advanced training in using the lifejacket, I just floated away, and did what the guides told us in case it would happen.

Anyway, it wasn’t a big deal. The river was safe and nobody was ever reported to have drowned there.

It was a REAL experience, a TV-like adventure which you could only dream about. I was there, and experienced the rapids first-hand. Those rapids I could describe as the raging waters inside a washing machine, amplified thousands of times over.

My travel inspiration

Published by lakbay on December 2nd, 2009 - in Travel Philippines
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I first saw this music video in Oceanjet, a fast ferry boat that plies the route between Cebu and Bohol. Everytime I board that boat, I always, always, wait for it. It was my only opportunity to watch it as during those times, Youtube wasn’t popular yet OR I wasn’t acquainted with it (most likely it’s the latter).

Philippines is too beautiful and blessed; it’s just that sometimes we’re too negative. I have been to places (thanks to Cebu Pacific Air, your airline of choice) in the Philippines and yes, I agree with non-Filipino travelers — Filipinos are deviants of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. We are a happy people despite the alarming figures of malnutrition, poverty, and unemployment.

Everytime I get to travel to those tourist destinations, I always check out the video and then count how many places I have left that I haven’t been to that’s mentioned there.

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