White Water Rafting and Cannoning ( Borderlands)

During the winter holidays my, cousins had come over to visit. We had planned a trip during the days to go to borderlands. We had been told that, there was very good white water rafting there and that cannoning. So as a part of the tour of Sri Lanka we took them to the borderlands. There we were escorted by the officials working there, to a sitting place where we, were instructed to sign some papers regarding the safety. The we were taken to a place where they pulled out the raft, the challenge was that they had to carry the raft down to the river. It took a while but in the end we managed to get it up and going on time.

There were told to do a safety exercise, it was group exercise, that aimed to make us more comfortable with the water and what we were to deal ahead. Next we all hopped into the boat and set sail towards the rapids. We hit 5 rapids on the way, and each time it was more scary and fun. Next on our list was cannoning, we were stopped in the middle of the course, there was a bridge there, we got of and walked upwards on a hill to a place where there were small water falls and water slides. Keeping aside all our tensions we focused on ourselves, over coming our fears of heights and deep water. In this trip, we learnt how to take care of ourselves while stuck in rapids, how to form a group to save ourselves from dying or drowning, also while paddling we found out how much energy we had and this made us more confident.

This trip has by far been the best trip for me and my relatives, i look forward to doing such activities with groups, to improve skills and management.

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