With a limited budget, we need to be creative; during the drive out to switserland were hiding behind big trucks in their slipstream: it takes a while but they'll take you for half of the price!

In the evening we arrive at our destination: Ilanz. Than we realize we both (kind of) forget the adress of our new empoyer, no worries, we have other prioritys: food & sleep. After a miserable night of sleep in the back of the Audi 80 estate we eventually find our raftbases Swissraft in the yellow pages. It's based just outsite of Ilanz on the banks of the Vorderrhein. We meet one of the owners, Neil Knight (kiwi) In the evening we're invited to have a diner with Neil and his family and meet the other full time guides.

 Melting snow & Medelsbach

There's still lots of snow on the tops, so a few of the few creecks start running just after mid-day when the temperatures rise and the snow starts to melt. With our Swissraft paddle team;-), we went to do the Medelsbach, a tributary of the Vorderrhein. A steep gorge of only 2 km but with a beautifull drops and stunnin' scenery. Although the Swiss coppers has given us a £50,-parking ticket (in the middle of nowhere???), it was a geat day, sunburn included.

Work

The month May is fairly quite workwise, just a few rafting trips in the weekends should keep us going. So Louis and me have loads of time to explore the area, meet people and go skiing (in Disentis), cycling (loads of trails) and paddling. Next time more about the Versasca and the Teva Tour in Val Sesia (Italy).

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