Tena – 
We start early today. We had already been able to put together an individual adventure package with the “River People” before our departure: One day rafting, two days trekking and canyoning through the jungle with overnight stay in a tent. Everything clarified uncomplicatedly with Tim, the manager, by e-mail – although it is not absolutely necessary to book so far in advance at low season, but it helps the organizers enormously with the planning. At 8 o’clock in the morning we stand in front of the entrance of the hostel. It is drizzling. Well, we will get wet during the rafting anyways.
A flatbed taxi turns around the corner and stops – our ride.
“You guys ready to be on camera?” asks our driver. “You’ll be rafting with National Geographic today”. Oh come on, you’re messing with us now…
However, the fact is that we have two journalists with us: Nick and Adrian are writing independently for one National Geographic article and a travel guide for Ecuador. My imagination of people who work in this industry seems to correspond to both of them: Both quite fit, relaxed, the humorous type and always enthusiastic about every kind of silliness.
Tim gives us all a briefing. Since it rained yesterday, the stage III-IV rafting on the river Jondachi became an IV+ . I’m looking forward to it…
