Travel Journal: #5

Getting ready to zip line

Zip lining over the river

Road Trip to Rio Claro

Rio Claro was awesome! Even though we only stayed for two days we had so much fun; we went zip lining, water rafting, hiking, and river tubing, but my favorite was water rafting because it was three boats at the same time so we splashed, raced, and knocked each other off the boats.

                The water rafting lasts about two hours, but there’s a place where we stop and swim for about 30 minutes. The place is this huge cave created by the erosion the river made with the passing of years, and it’s where the river is its deepest. Rio Claro, which is the name of the river, goes through a marble canyon, so the sight of the cave is mesmerizing because of its shape and color. At the cave, there’s a tree that lies over the river so you can climb on it and jump into the river, but there’s also a rope so you can swing and jump. Also, there’s a waterfall emerging from the top of the cave and falls on the river so the boats can pass underneath it and the passengers can feel the ice cold water.

                The trip itself was very nice, but going and leaving Rio Claro was a total nightmare! To get there you have to go by car, and the car we were traveling in is a few 76 years old, so every time you went over 50 k/h the car started tumbling from side to side like an earthquake! And as if it wasn’t enough, it was midnight and there where huge trucks on both sides of the road! We almost crashed about five times! Anyway, I had an awesome time regardless of the near-death experience in the car, after all, what’s a road trip without an almost car accident?