Ahhh shit, I thought as my front tire got caught up in the jagged rocks underwater. Then I felt my bike buckle. As I was standing up on the pegs to better negotiate the uneven terrain, I couldn’t stick out a foot to steady myself. Seconds later, ker-splash! I was sideways, semi-submerged in the knee-deep river. Such a moment was not exactly what I envisioned when setting out on the trip of a lifetime: the
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