After an exhilarating five minutes, we climbed back onto the raft for another two hours of excitement.
After pushing through a raft of economic reforms early in his presidency, Peña Nieto's party has been battered by allegations of corruption and for failing to bring drug violence under control.
Those calling for a stay include former US president Jimmy Carter, the Council of Europe, the president of the American Bar Association, a group of mental disability experts, a group of law professors and a raft of human rights groups.
Among those attending cabinet for the first time are a raft of female and younger ministers, including Amber Rudd, the new energy secretary, Priti Patel, the employment minister, and Anna Soubry, the small business minister.
Belgian owner Roland Duchâtelet has regrouped again this summer, hiring compatriot Bob Peeters and overseeing a raft of transfer activity that, for now, makes the Addicks one of this season's least predictable quantities.
Over nine days, you'll kayak through mangroves, camp in style at Corcovado with the sea at your feet and your head in the forest, white-water raft down the Reventazon river and hike through the magical Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve.
One of the most popular crossings remains Anzalduas Park, in Mission, Texas, a favourite weekend barbecue spot for local families where the Rio Grande curves and narrows – and crossing on a raft or boat takes a matter of seconds.
Close allies of Cameron and the chancellor, George Osborne, have taken charge of the most important cabinet committees that take cross-government decisions, plus most of a new raft of "implementation taskforces" charged with forcing through government plans.
The government answer will be that it opened a raft of university technical colleges – schools for 14- to 19-year-olds that combine highly specialised vocational training with academic qualifications.
At their Harrogate Spring conference, the Liberal Democrats recognised this by adopting a raft of policies aimed at restoring confidence in these.
But after many months and much public money, the Tomlinson committee, which proposed a raft of proposals to change the system, had nothing to say about the fraudulent marking: that had not even been part of its remit, so the injustice suffered by successful candidates was never put right.
