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19 September 2010, 07:59 AMOne of my last adventures in this wonderful country, is rafting the Gold River.
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19 September 2010, 07:59 AMHere at airport, early in the morning, we depart towards the mountains...
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19 September 2010, 08:00 AMOur classic jeepney
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19 September 2010, 08:14 AMIt is such a sunny day
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19 September 2010, 08:31 AMThere! The gold river appears!
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19 September 2010, 08:44 AMGoing thru some banana trees here in top of hill
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19 September 2010, 08:45 AMNow we will start a hard hike down to river, ...
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19 September 2010, 09:05 AMwith all the equipment...
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19 September 2010, 09:05 AMOur team is Borja, me, Gala, Rodri and a very nice french guy, Philip.
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19 September 2010, 09:06 AMI misss you friends
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19 September 2010, 09:11 AMThis is the hike...
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19 September 2010, 09:14 AMThere!
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19 September 2010, 09:14 AMIt was very slippery and we wore sandals
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19 September 2010, 09:17 AMThe place is still amazing...
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19 September 2010, 09:32 AMWe fell many times in the slippery wet route, we used tha paddle as a stick
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19 September 2010, 09:44 AMAlmost at river level!
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19 September 2010, 09:44 AMLonely happy cow
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19 September 2010, 09:50 AMIts a very nice way we did to river.
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19 September 2010, 09:52 AMPalms and palms
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19 September 2010, 09:52 AMAlmost there!
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19 September 2010, 09:54 AMHere at arrival we found a little house with fresh, clean water for a stop before we raft...
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19 September 2010, 09:56 AMThis little kid offered us some fruit... so nice!
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19 September 2010, 10:28 AMNow, the first part of the rafting is quite hard and we of course, have the risk of falling from the raft to water many times and swimming to border to board again.
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19 September 2010, 10:38 AMIt is my first experience on a quick-hard-water rafting and I was excited... look at those rapids!
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19 September 2010, 10:38 AMAnd they were excited too...
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19 September 2010, 10:39 AMOne of our leaders by a near fall...
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19 September 2010, 10:41 AMThis is some of the incredible spots you could stare at when there were no rapids to paddle.... :)
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19 September 2010, 10:41 AMThe camera man fell many times and he did panic once cause it was his first time on that blue small raft...
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19 September 2010, 10:41 AMThat made us lose some time ... :(
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19 September 2010, 10:51 AMHere comes the panic !!!
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19 September 2010, 11:04 AMWOOOOOO
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19 September 2010, 11:09 AMOne more time, some waterfalls clean our face and rehresh us with gentle drops
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19 September 2010, 11:10 AMThis is one of the rivers draining the northern central part of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines
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19 September 2010, 11:10 AMThe river drains an area of approximately 1,521 square kilometers
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19 September 2010, 11:11 AMCagayan River is a very popular site for whitewater rafting in the Philippines
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19 September 2010, 11:11 AMand its a beautiful parade of course
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19 September 2010, 11:11 AMCamera-man!!!
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19 September 2010, 11:36 AMThis tree was our friend, making our shadow once when we had to wait our friend. I was surprised how it was covered with leafs and flora...
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19 September 2010, 12:20 PMBorja got a wound at one of the falls from the boat...
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19 September 2010, 12:21 PMme once!
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19 September 2010, 12:25 PMAnd now ... relax
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19 September 2010, 01:03 PMFood was included as usual, but was a little crappy... still we ate it happily
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19 September 2010, 01:04 PMWe were surrounded, when eating, by all these forms
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19 September 2010, 02:00 PMAnd we move back to town
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19 September 2010, 03:54 PM:())) Poor Borja. Our move was good and we found a nice place to sleep and they had a nice menu too.
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19 September 2010, 04:39 PM:)?
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19 September 2010, 05:02 PMOur visit to hospital included!
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19 September 2010, 05:02 PMThis guy was somewhat surreal, sniffing all the oxygen on his own, there!
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19 September 2010, 05:03 PMLooong wait for a little cure! Expectable. This is how the hospital looked inside
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19 September 2010, 05:59 PMAl last, we found our way out and still had some time for a sunset with friends
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19 September 2010, 06:03 PMLast pictures to those clouds, sunsets, landscapes, mountains, vulcanoes, parades...
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19 September 2010, 06:03 PMwhich always made me feel important, joyfull, making good use of my life...
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19 September 2010, 06:05 PMfor being far away, watching nice and different things, always so beautiful... i.e.: Travelling.
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19 September 2010, 07:16 PMNow the 'ballut' experience one more time!
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19 September 2010, 07:17 PMThese eggs have been heated for around 21 days, and the chicken is already half-made. It is common to eat them here in the Phils...
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19 September 2010, 07:17 PMthey give you strength and fertility...
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19 September 2010, 07:18 PM...But Gala couldn't make it... hehe
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19 September 2010, 07:19 PMSweet, huh?
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19 September 2010, 07:21 PMThat was one of our last days together travelling, in what will be one of the best years of my life...
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20 September 2010, 05:55 AMLeaving for Manila next morning. Bye Philippines :(
Cagayan de Oro
Surfing the famous Chocolate Gold River of Mindanao
Videos from Cagayan de Oro:
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Rafting in the Gold River19 September 2010
Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao, Philippines
One of my last adventures in Pilipinas, a must, was rafting a part of the famous Gold River of Mindanao. There was a hard part where we fell from the raft sometimes and it was pretty extreme, but these videos were taken on a friendly, easier part... What a shame!