01-06-2009, 03:58 AM
Wow [
], what a ride on da "ditch". My hubby and I "boated" in the ditch back in 2000.
It was one of the best activities we did on our "touristy" visit.
I was able to take some amazing pictures while in the canal under the mountains, and in the forest, bridges and gorges that we passed through. However, I didn't have a digital camera, and the pictures we took were wicked amazing, but, they are somewhere (hopefully) with the negatives, packed away in storage. The ride took about 45 minutes and you really got splashed and wet as the ride was fast in some spots, we had to wear "raincoats" and head gear with lights. (Miner stuff). Boats were skinny canoes and in some spots the rock ceiling of the canal( tube like ) was really low, so we had to schrunch down so as not to whack our heads on the rock. It was a great time. After the earthquake, lots of damage: crakcs and cave in's. I do hope the volunteers can clear out the tubes to allow irrigation to run fully again. don't think I would want to venture in the ditch again though. When I unpack once on island, I will find the pictures to post. Aloha! Lika
], what a ride on da "ditch". My hubby and I "boated" in the ditch back in 2000.It was one of the best activities we did on our "touristy" visit.
I was able to take some amazing pictures while in the canal under the mountains, and in the forest, bridges and gorges that we passed through. However, I didn't have a digital camera, and the pictures we took were wicked amazing, but, they are somewhere (hopefully) with the negatives, packed away in storage. The ride took about 45 minutes and you really got splashed and wet as the ride was fast in some spots, we had to wear "raincoats" and head gear with lights. (Miner stuff). Boats were skinny canoes and in some spots the rock ceiling of the canal( tube like ) was really low, so we had to schrunch down so as not to whack our heads on the rock. It was a great time. After the earthquake, lots of damage: crakcs and cave in's. I do hope the volunteers can clear out the tubes to allow irrigation to run fully again. don't think I would want to venture in the ditch again though. When I unpack once on island, I will find the pictures to post. Aloha! Lika
Lika
"To err is human, to forgive divine"
"To err is human, to forgive divine"