Not only did I get to stay with a family that lives in the jungle but I got to do the Great Amazon Raft Race. I think that's crazy! I am so lucky to have participated in that race. It's a Guinness World Record Race too - longest raft race in the world. It brought me to a mental craze, literally on the brink of throwing my paddle in the river and quiting, yelling out things like, "Should've never done this, this was a poor decisión, I've never even done anything like this, MY MOM WAS RIGHT." But we survived, and not just that...my team, the MAMACITAS FEROCES (fierce mamacitas), won SECOND in the all-women category! Only 15 minutes from the first team. Our raft was half-sinking, we were constantly wet, smelly, laughing about something silly Becca was saying, and in a daze from the super strong sun. We camped out in the jungle after each day, barely able to sleep because of the good ol' mosquitos and just being too damn sore and sunburnt. It was HARD...but you know what? I'd do it again!
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| my team, mamacitas feroces |
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| arriving to the camp grounds |
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| our materials to build, balsa logs |
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| las mamacitas feroces, the crowd favorite!! |
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| my funny girl, becca |
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| after the first night of rowing, jeannie giving my sore shoulders a massage |
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| in peru, they always find a way to dance |
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| things getting weird! |
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| our next camp ground was a school |
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| so sore and sunburnt and not happy but trying to be |
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| finally - THE FINISH LINE!! |
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| trophy for second place!! |
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| huge peace corps group that did the race! |
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