extravagant nature made him the star of the show. He was determined to film whatever he could and no-one could persuade him otherwise. The boat set off down the rapids which were fairly tame then headed to the first waterfall. Again nothing could persuade the Italian to put down his camera and place it in the waterproof sacks that were freely available. No, instead he tied the bag again and carried on filming! It was a fantastic buzz approaching the first waterfall, you could feel the cold of the spray and were bracing yourself for the onslaught of cold cold water. The boat didn’t really go fully under the waterfall so you really didn’t get too wet, a taste of things to come we thought. After a couple of near misses with the waterfall the boat headed round to the big one, not the Garganta del Diablo as going under this in a boat would probably kill you but one that was still mightily impressive.

The boat headed round to the waterfall and allowed enough time for people to take photos, then put away their things. Thankfully the Italian man had seen sense by this point and finally after much persuasion put his camera into a waterproof bag! There were screams galore of anticipation while we waited for our turn for a true soaking. The boats were really powerful and the driver revved up the engine just to add a little more drama to an already exciting prospect, then we were off, it was our turn to see what it felt like being under one of these amazing waterfalls. The boat headed straight into the cascade and it was truly exhilarating. The force of the water was one thing but the temperature was something else, it was a such good way of cooling us all down. Before we knew it we were heading back into the waterfall and making the same kinds of screams of delight we had just made. We then came out again and started heading back to the boat dock when there were screams of protest by everyone and the driver