Pride and vanity rafting in Slovakia

This past weekend I gave myself a lesson in the penalty of vanity and pride. What should have been a simple weekend company rafting trip was complicated by my falling ill the day before I left. I had committed already to paying the trip's fees, and purchased gear specifically for the event so there was a huge part of me that refused to let that money go to waste by bailing on the trip at the last moment. The idea of having to sleep in a tent at 2C and rafting down mountain rivers did not phase me (pride) though in hindsight my experience with keeping warm in a tent is limited, and I had always taken a solo Kayak with very limited experience with operating a 2 man raft. Needless to say I aggravated my cold to the point, where I got through the days and nights on a combination of will power and constant shots of Czech family brewed alcohol, called Smilovitze, advertised as the Czech "cure all "by my co-workers. Still I managed to have an amazing time, and see some pretty cool sights, but I'm seriously going to need to take it easy for the next couple weeks to recover X.X








Slovakia's mountains in the distance are an impressive sight.






Shot of me by the end of the trip looking pretty worse for wear

Lastly need to vent...
First month anniversary of my arrival in Brno => shittiest day I've had in the Czech Rep thus far.
Things that made my shit list today >[
Retarded dorm managers and her anal complaining to every middleman (getting them annoyed at me >[ ) instead of just contacting me with what the f' she wants.
Almost getting hit by a car despite walking through the crosswalk WITH A CROWD OF OTHER people: file under you dont' have to be "asian" or a woman to be a terrible driver
Traveler cheques the most useless form of pseudo-currency the protection it offers is the equivalent of a credit card, and is accepted in even less locations (only accepted at banking institutions) :/
Incompetent bank tellers: If I give you a stack of 200 USD traveler cheques and say "Crowns" then give you another 200 USD stack and say "Euros" then I expect Crowns and Euros. Not take the second stack, and give me a conversion of 194 USD.. literally you took 200 USD from me and gave me 194 USD back....I understand a conversion fee, but they get applied when you're actually PERFORMING A CURRENCY CONVERSION, if I wanted US cash, I would have just brought US cash with me!!
FTL Komercni Banka!!