Our boat was headed right for this guy. We were standing at the front of the boat and got very nervous as we approached him. We were really close!Apparently this is common and the rafter intended to connect his craft to ours! He tied right onto our boat and started getting out his jade and junk to sell.This happened two more times during the trip.In case you are wondering...We did buy something from the peddlers! The girls negotiated quite a deal from the vendors.

And after they were done, they just cast themselves off and headed for the next boat.