Nicole en Ingrid build a raft

Easier said than done !  We spent hours on end trying to make a raft.  First we had to drag piles of wood from a mountain all the way down to the river. Then the trifling work began.  We first had to build the floor.  We needed 20 huge logs, on top of that came 2 layers of another 20 small logs.  That’s it, we thought.  But then Lars told us that we had to make another copy !  Our masterpiece is six layers thick !  Only ropes hold it together, no nails.  On top of it we put a wooden construction with a sail.  That will be our ‘home’.  Our raft weighs about a ton !  Lars is a nice chap.  Not the typical Swedish man with blond hair and blue eyes, but quite charming.  He is not going to keep us company on our raft.  We’ll be on our own, a whole week on the water for some 50 kilometers.
 
We haven’t spotted any villages on the way, so there was no need of going to the landingstage.   So we had to be prepared and make sure that we had enough drinks and food.  Loads of water, 1 kilo bananas, loafs of bread  containing applejuice.  A real delicacy, it has a sweet taste and is very mellow. What else ?  Chocolate paste … No, we won’t starve to death.  We really are fed up with rain, lightning and thunderstorms.  We were nearly drawn last Wednesday.  The camping area where we had put our tent totally flooded.  We were just in time to grab all our things. But, that’s over now.