Unknown River.

We have since found out the name of this river it is the 'Mae Raem'.

We've been here in Thailand for almost a month now and in that time we've managed to rack up 8 first descents. The process of finding these rivers is not that precise. Every day we have a plan for where we want to go and what we want to find. Often we have two or three areas of interest in mind for each place we go. Then it's a case of a bit of luck and good old fashioned hard work - hiking in asking locals - anything we can do to find the whitewater. Often we find nothing, but overall we've done really well.

-Me on the first paddlable drop-

This river was found on our way back from the upper Ma Sa. We hadn't heard anything about it, all we saw was a sign for a waterfall and the 'cascade resort'. Good enough so we went a checked it out. On the drive up we saw some drops and slides so the next day we came to paddle it.

-Sam on the first drop-

The river was hard work. The first four drops we came to we had to portage, they were messy as hell and with the water level real low there was no way down them.

-Josh testing the depth-

Eventually though we pushed on to a series of drops and slides - three of which we could run.

-Josh on the slide-

It was worth the slog for these drops, though this isn't a river I'll return to. It was so manky paddling in super low volume and the river and riverside resembled a sewer. The locals have taken to dumping all their trash over the banks and the result was a smelly river strewn with rubbish and waste.

-Sam on the slide-

-Me on the slide-

-Josh drops over the edge-

Happy paddling.

Will.