Before & After - 2 team members down and without any kayaks, the team fly home.
After two months together in Venezuela, it was time to leave the rest of the team at the airport, ready to head home for the start of another year at Uni and a weekend at the Wet West Paddle Fest (where they will be giving a presentation on the Fri night).
Alejandro with his new fleet of kayaks, and his first plastic pyranha kayak.
With a woefully bad exchange rate for tourists, a large bill to pay for the jeep hire, and a very excited customer, the team sold their boats to Alejandro Buzzo - owner of Aguas Bravas rafting and one of our sports pioneers in Venezuela. After delivering them, I was invited to stay for a few days to revisit the rafting runs which we started our expedition on (recently changed by incredibly high water).
Rafting dominates the weekends activities an hour west of the city of Barinas.
We spent a few days on the Siniguis clearing logs for the rafts, and accompanying the customers before heading to the Acequias.
Jupi enjoying the Siniguis.
The Acequias turned out to be incredible - around 10km of continuous 4+/5. Unfortunately, putting on in the middle of a torrential rain storm meant we didn´t have time to stop and document the river. We needed to keep the speed up to avoid being caught out by the rapidly rising water (flashbacks to our epic on the Canagua, and the marks left from the floods a few days beforehand left me slightly apprehensive!). Hopefully we´ll be back tomorrow, with more time to slow down, enjoy and document the river properly, possibly from higher up.
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