I am now on a ferry on my way to Ao nang. We almost missed it because of me. There was some confusion about my hotel and understandably so. I was in a hotel that had like four rooms in it. It was nice enough. The important thing is that I made it. From Ao Nang I will hop onto a long tail boat and head to tonsai bay where I will be reunited with Brandt. Tonsai bay is a small beach area with a really cool climber vibe. I really like it. I am really enjoying traveling on my own and some of the time I have to think and I also enjoy figuring out transport and all of that fun stuff.
I made it to tonsai ok and got the hotel but Brandt wasn't there so I went wondering and ran into him. I am staying at place up the way. It's not real nice. A cement room that isn't fully sealed so I have a mosquito net. It will do. It's interesting. There is power to the room only from 6pm to 6am. Tonsai is paradise for me. It's really small. Not much going on which is alright. Tons of climbing all around. It's surrounded by huge cliff faces. It has a really laid back feel. The only way to get there is by long tail boat so it stays at least somewhat remote.
It's thanksgiving and we are getting massages at the same place we got
Many massages last time we were here. We also got fruit shakes from the same stands we visited last year as well. Kind of cool being back. I remember why I liked it so much. It is nice being away from Phuket it was too expensive and had too much going on. The food stands in Ao nang have tons of selection and are reasonably priced. Both good things.
I had pizza for my thanksgiving. Not real great pizza even. Should have stuck with Thai but we thought we would at least go somewhere with an American menu.
Tonsai bay is really interesting. It's completely touristy. I don't think any Thai people live here unless they run a tourist place like hotel or restraunts. It's really impractical. You can only access it really by boat I believe. It caters to climbers. We hung out by the beach and there a number of bars right on the beach. They had a slack line set up and there are some really good slack liners. Some were doing flips and all sorts of impressive tricks. One guy was spinning fire balls while on the slack line it was impressive to say the least. He was really good. I ran into my friend from Yosemite. He may be taking off so I am not really sure if I will ever get to climb. We were talking about doing some kayaking tomorrow which should be a good time. I am hoping we can spend some time here. It has a really relaxed vibe.
I think my room came with a ferrel cat because it hangs out on my doorstep constantly. Except one time I came up and there was a rat by more door and I came back out and there was a frog.
Today we went kayaking. It was a blast. We went through some caves and saw islands and ended up on some beaches that were only accessible by boat. I got to do some deep water soloing or close to it. I climbed up some stalagtites and jumped into water. It was a really fun time. We are back in so nang for tonight. Brandt's dad is taking off tomorrow morning. We will stay here a couple days as may end up heading to Tonsai during the day and coming back to sleep. We really don't have plans going forward. I am pretty excited about.
We ended up going out tonight which ended in a swim at 2:30 in the morning in the pool at the hotel. At least for me. Brandt was using the internet and by the pool is the only place we can get connection. It was a fun night. Brandt's dad is on his way back to Bangkok leaving us with some decisions.
No comments:
Post a Comment