ima wo ikiru - extreme edition

Prior to Level 4 rafting... more pictures soon...

Yes, today my tattoo and motto lived up to its name... well it normally does, but today is an extra special extreme edition of just doing things that normally isn´t in my vocabulary...

Imagine... white water rafting on a level 4 river... but not just any river... a part of the Amazon river... imagine the mountains... covered with green lucious trees and low level clouds as if you were in the middle of an Asian action movie - like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon...


That´s not all, imagine the 6 of you paddling through the river and sudden bursts of water come as if you were going to be covered in it and the chill of the cold water reaches the crevaces inside of your wetsuit, reminding you where you are and no matter now much safety precautions you may take, the river is still in charge....

The mountains are beautiful... you almost feel like a dinosaur is just going to come out of the trees and eat you... or King Kong may just pick you up and take you to the top of the mountain...

Once you have exerted your energy paddling every which way and screaming "iguanas" our team motto... you almost feel at ease, and you realize how lucky you are to be in the middle of the Amazon river paddling for your life and sharing this experience with awesome people you have never met before...
 

I actually know what I am doing...

As if that wasn't enough.... another type of -ing... one of my companions from the rafting trip was staying at the same hotel I was at... so yes... I ended up going canyoning with her... and it was so awesome...

down through 8 waterfalls with just a rope to determine the faith of your life...

arrgghh so much to share, but unfortuantely at this time, I am running out of internet minutes and I'd rather get dessert... LOL...

will write again soon with more photos!

Mahalo for reading.

Until next time.