Lifelong_Dreamer
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We did not have to wait very long for the shuttle to arrive, I was surprised, it was really nice! There were only a few other people on the bus and they were all headed to the White Water Walk aka the Whirpool Rapids. The rapids are classed as Category 6, the highest level and are deemed to be unnavigable.
It was maybe 10-15 minute bus ride out to the rapids, they are not in the main tourist area which would explain why most people don't know about them.
Once we got dropped off we had to go into a little store where the shopkeeper is also the elevator operator. The elevator was so old, I kinda freaked thinking about having to ride in it!
Once at the bottom you walk through a tunnel out to the rapids.
There is a wooden boardwalk you walk along that is about a 1/4 mile long. There were only a few people down there and it felt like we had the place to ourselves. It was very beautiful and a nice little walk.
Here is the video I took of the rapids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u39NaRWjAs4
I think we spent maybe 20-30 minutes down there, it was really nice and felt like we had discovered a hidden treasure.
We had to push a call button to alert the shopkeeper that we were ready to come back up and it took her about 10 minutes to arrive with the elevator.
Now we just had to wait for the next shuttle to come and pick us up. We had 20 minutes to wait and right next to the bus stop was this really cool Buddhist temple/monastery.
A guy walking by saw us admiring the place and told us that it was open to visitors and that we could walk the grounds and go in the temple so long as we didn't take any indoor pictures. So that is exactly what we did.
We went into the temple and it was really cool. There were thousands of golden Buddha statues lining the walls. There was a monk in there praying so we did not want to disturb and so we quietly left.
It was a really neat place to visit especially as I had never seen anything like it before.
Back on the shuttle we made our way back to our hotel.
It was maybe 10-15 minute bus ride out to the rapids, they are not in the main tourist area which would explain why most people don't know about them.
Once we got dropped off we had to go into a little store where the shopkeeper is also the elevator operator. The elevator was so old, I kinda freaked thinking about having to ride in it!

Once at the bottom you walk through a tunnel out to the rapids.



There is a wooden boardwalk you walk along that is about a 1/4 mile long. There were only a few people down there and it felt like we had the place to ourselves. It was very beautiful and a nice little walk.





Here is the video I took of the rapids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u39NaRWjAs4
I think we spent maybe 20-30 minutes down there, it was really nice and felt like we had discovered a hidden treasure.
We had to push a call button to alert the shopkeeper that we were ready to come back up and it took her about 10 minutes to arrive with the elevator.

Now we just had to wait for the next shuttle to come and pick us up. We had 20 minutes to wait and right next to the bus stop was this really cool Buddhist temple/monastery.
A guy walking by saw us admiring the place and told us that it was open to visitors and that we could walk the grounds and go in the temple so long as we didn't take any indoor pictures. So that is exactly what we did.







We went into the temple and it was really cool. There were thousands of golden Buddha statues lining the walls. There was a monk in there praying so we did not want to disturb and so we quietly left.







It was a really neat place to visit especially as I had never seen anything like it before.
Back on the shuttle we made our way back to our hotel.