Thailand - Krabi Province - Tonsai Beach
Nov 30 - Dec 5
I really find it hard to believe that the calendar page has flipped into the wintry scenes of December. Christmas seems years away, I'm even oblivious to the fact that its 4:39pm Wednesday (apparently). Beach time, on which I've been for a few weeks now, stretches off into the sunset horizon with nothing on agenda except tomorrow's sunshine and the night life until then.
The computer I now face in Ao Nang seems not to want to allow picture uploads, so I'll do my best to describe these magical places literally. It was another long travel day out of Palau Penang, Malaysia, to Krabi, Thailand, including a 2 hour immigration line up at the border. Finally, I was in Thailand! While the weather inside was frightful (they dont mess around with air conditioning in the mini buses here), the weather outside was delightful. I headed straight from Krabi to Tonsai beach, one in a row of beaches on a peninsula stretching into the Andaman Sea. This beach in particular is separated from the popular Raileh beach by soaring limestone cliffs screaming out of the blue green sea and deep green jungle. The past coral cliffs found all over the place here are what grace the peninsula with perhaps the best sport climbing anywhere in the world. And this is what I had in mind all along. Towing 15 pounds of climbing gear along with everything I couldn't leave behind in Korea has paid off big time.
The climbing offers steep juggy limestone similar to that in Yangshuo China, only with more stalagtites dripping down, more caves, and with the gently waving sea below, in trade for rice paddies. Some of the cliffs here look like the're positively melting, a sight to see. Very much like an old, thick candle burned to a stub, one that you've never bothered to pick the over-flowed-and-dried wax from the sides. Yes, very much like that.
Having finally sorted out a cash flow/ATM problem in Ao Nang, I'll probably stay here the night, somewhere, and head to Ko Phi Phi in the morning, a smallish but popular island off Thailand's west coast. Phi Phi offers more great climbing and probably a bit less of a Ton Sai chill out vibe, more of a depraved spring-break-style nightlife. Should be interesting.
Deep water soloing. Climbing without the nuisance of ropes with the added benefit of a much softer landing than otherwise. If you land appropriately that is.
How the game is played.
Ray Leh Beach, Krabi, and the Andaman Sea.
Nov 30 - Dec 5
I really find it hard to believe that the calendar page has flipped into the wintry scenes of December. Christmas seems years away, I'm even oblivious to the fact that its 4:39pm Wednesday (apparently). Beach time, on which I've been for a few weeks now, stretches off into the sunset horizon with nothing on agenda except tomorrow's sunshine and the night life until then.
The computer I now face in Ao Nang seems not to want to allow picture uploads, so I'll do my best to describe these magical places literally. It was another long travel day out of Palau Penang, Malaysia, to Krabi, Thailand, including a 2 hour immigration line up at the border. Finally, I was in Thailand! While the weather inside was frightful (they dont mess around with air conditioning in the mini buses here), the weather outside was delightful. I headed straight from Krabi to Tonsai beach, one in a row of beaches on a peninsula stretching into the Andaman Sea. This beach in particular is separated from the popular Raileh beach by soaring limestone cliffs screaming out of the blue green sea and deep green jungle. The past coral cliffs found all over the place here are what grace the peninsula with perhaps the best sport climbing anywhere in the world. And this is what I had in mind all along. Towing 15 pounds of climbing gear along with everything I couldn't leave behind in Korea has paid off big time.
The climbing offers steep juggy limestone similar to that in Yangshuo China, only with more stalagtites dripping down, more caves, and with the gently waving sea below, in trade for rice paddies. Some of the cliffs here look like the're positively melting, a sight to see. Very much like an old, thick candle burned to a stub, one that you've never bothered to pick the over-flowed-and-dried wax from the sides. Yes, very much like that.
Having finally sorted out a cash flow/ATM problem in Ao Nang, I'll probably stay here the night, somewhere, and head to Ko Phi Phi in the morning, a smallish but popular island off Thailand's west coast. Phi Phi offers more great climbing and probably a bit less of a Ton Sai chill out vibe, more of a depraved spring-break-style nightlife. Should be interesting.
Deep water soloing. Climbing without the nuisance of ropes with the added benefit of a much softer landing than otherwise. If you land appropriately that is.
How the game is played.
Ray Leh Beach, Krabi, and the Andaman Sea.
posted by Les at 1:33 AM
3 Comments:
Lester, you could make some big bucks on this "Frat Boys Gone Wild" theme...think of all the people who would call your 1-900 hundred number late at night with their roomates' credit cards.
That immi line to get into Thailand was egregious. I coulda pile drived that guy checking passports. I have actually hjust got myself rowled up sitting here thinking about it. Thanks.
Justin i thought for sure they were rubber gloving you for crack. Especially once you finally waddled over to the mini bus 30 minutes later. Hope you're keeping clean.
Frat boys gone wild would do very, very well here. I saw one dude getting a picture beside another guys's abdominals, thumbs up. not cool.
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