The rafts on this river were a more heavy-duty version because this was a much bigger river than the river we floated down the day before. This river had quite a strong current and our rafts had small motors on the back where the driver sat and steered us along. There was a lot more "traffic" on this river too. More water buffalos, chinese fishermen, these small tourist rafts and lots of big tour boats. It reminded me a lot of the main channel at Lake Powell. We traveled against the current up the river for about 45 minutes and then turned around and it only took us about 15 minutes to get back to where we started since we were going back with the current.
The water was too swift for the kids to get in and swim and play along the way but it didn't stop them from suiting up and getting wet and trying to get us wet since we were on a separate boat from them -- an easy target!
This photo is a little bit out of focus but I thought it was the most clever of all the tour boats that came by. Isn't that cute... a big gold fish!
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