Lastnight it rained and rained and it was difficult to sleep, along with that the 100+ mosquito bites we all had were becoming incredibly itchy. I got up early and waited for the 8am breakfast - however the rest of the group were very sluggish getting up. Today for breakfast we got these deep-fried donut things, fruit salad and an omelette all of which was delicious just not enough unfortunately. The rain got heavier and so the only option for this mornings activities was jewelry making of which the girls were thrilled about. We made some rings and necklaces out of nuts and seeds which was interesting enough just incredibly time consuming. Luckily lunch came around quickly; another feast of chicken, salad, vegetables, rice, lentils and soup and then we waited to hear when we would leave. The boat driver came and there was a mad rush to get us going, turns out all the rain had flooded the rivers and the water was rising quickly. We had crossed three small rivers in the previous days and had not expected what we found. The first river crossing meant shoes off and backpacks above our heads - the water was rushing fast but nothing dangerous and we all had a bit of a laugh at how ridiculous we looked. When we made it to the second river things became serious and the guides were instructing us to get into our underwear and we would need to swim across. At first I thought it was a joke but I soon realized this was no joke, the skipper of the boat went first and jumped in an swam like hell for about 10m getting pushed downstream - the crossing was only about 15m across but the power of the current was very strong. We all started to worry about our bags and cameras and how the hell the two guides would get them across without getting all our stuff wet - their solution a big tarp wrapped around all the bags and a 2m rope they would throw to us on the other side of the river. So off we went in a chain, jumping into the freezing water and paddling for our life to make it across before the rushing water washed us downstream. I consider myself a strong swimmer and made it across easy, however David and Rahul struggled and with both of them I had to use a branch and lever out to grab them before they washed away downstream. I don't thing anyone realized quite how dangerous the situation was, we all waited in the rushing water to see how all our stuff was coming across and had to put up with all the broken trees and branches brushing past and cutting our legs. The tied up tarp and bags was thrown in the water and the group of us formed a human chain and as the guide pushed it out one of us was able to grab it and guide it towards the chain - we rushed it to shore and unwrapped it to find all our stuff thankfully dry. We were all laughing and in quiet disbelief at what had just happened and thankfully the others weren't quite aware of the danger we had just dealt with. It was back on with the clothes and back off again as quick as possible to once again beat the rising water. We wouldn't of gone 5 minutes and we were confronted with another stream - unfortunately the others didn't perceive how deep this crossing was (around waist deep) and David unfortunately had his phone in his pocket which as you can imagine got water damaged. Thankful to be across the last river crossing we scattered towards the boat crammed up in the trees and what we were confronted with was something that made me shiver to the bone; the river had not only risen about 4m it was now rushing at break neck speed, carrying with it all the remnants of the storm - trees, logs, land and rubbish. Although we were going in the direction of the water the whole thing was ridiculous and dangerous and why they didn't just leave us to stay another night in the camp I will never know. We all piled into the boat, covered our bags once more, put on our life jackets and began our scary journey back to Rurrenabaque. Water rushed over the sides and one guide spent the whole time bucketing the water out of the boat. We all made small talk and each of us could tell the others were nervous and new if we ended up going in the water it would more then likely be all over. The captain maneuvered the boat around logs, trees, rapids and steep drops. We were all drenching wet, tired nervous and preying that Rurrenabaque was close. After an hour and a half we made it back and we all thanked our lucky stars we had arrived back safely - now it would just be another story. David and I headed to a cheap hostel whilst the others headed to a hostel with warm showers and at double the price, agreeing to meet for dinner later. Our hostal was average but well located near to everything, I picked a few things up at the market, had a shower and then relaxed before having to meet the others. At 7:30pm we met the others and headed out for dinner to a small little Mexican restaurant- I decided to go for chicken next door but the others had the Mexican and really enjoyed it. Joining us for dinner was an Australian girl and a New Zealander also on extended world travels. They were really nice and we had a great night hanging out and chatting. We headed to a few bars where the guys had free drinks before making the decision to find a karaoke bar. At midnight we found a terrible karaoke bar where all the patrons were passed out on the tables and the guys decided to sing a few songs. It was hilarious listening to the singing specially from our group but by 1am I had - had enough and headed back to our accommodation to try and get some sleep.