Go directly to Tonsai, pass Bangkok, collect 10k Baht
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After what essentially boils down to about 2.5 days of travel, I finally arrived here in Tonsai. It only took 3 flights after all, and I feel truly like I’ve stepped across the whole globe. One across the Pacific to Seoul, the next to Bangkok, and the next to Krabi after a 10 hou layover in Bangkok, yum. I unfortunately passed out through the second half of the leg to Seoul and all the way to Bangkok and was utterly unable to sleep upon arriving in Bangkok and waiting for the flight to Krabi. Another bus ride + long tail and I got to Tonsai at about 2pm yesterday. I believe that’s the longest time I’ve spent in commute yet, I passed out utterly at 10pm last night… and still woke up at 530am, damn jet lag.
Railay and Tonsai are simply amazing looking. The outlying islands look like floating pebbles covered in incredibly lush green tees. Most of them are narrowest right where they meet the ocean, so they have the appearance of being balanced inredibly precariously right on the water’s surface. The limestone formations are so wild that they look like someone’s 5 year old took a mound of clay and just slapped it onto these sandy shores. There are just enormous overhangs, huge stalactites and giant caves sticking into these rock faces. They are all colored in varying shades of ruddy orange and gray, so I can’t wait to get on the rock with my friend Roger from Colorado in just about an hour.
I have just gotten incredibly lucky with timing! Mikhaila suggested I do deepwater soloing with Wee’s climbing school, and as it turns out, once a month the tides are high enough to make a trip at sunset. That day this month happens to be November 20th, and yours truly grabbed a spot on his boat first thing! I hope for some amazing shots doing DWS on these amazing cliffs, ha ha! Talk to you all again soon.
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Posted on: Monday, November 17, 2008 at 5:47 pm 
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