Flying to krabi and hanging out in tonsai

Jared came in today! I am really excited. We had a fun first day. But I am getting ahead of myself. We got back to Bangkok and went Mae's. It was so Great seeing them. I have the best Thai family. Thing were kind of crazy. Mae was excited about the pictures she saw of us jumping off the bridge. Excited or upset. It's hard to tell. She is so funny. I love them. 

The flight got in late and I got to the house later than I though. I really didn't sleep until 1 and had to get I at 4:45. Everything went well with getting Jared. We went back to Mae's and I introduced him to the family. Then we went out to Bangkok. We only really had today in Bangkok so I wanted to make the best of it. We went to The grand palace, wat pho and wat Arun. Lots of walking but they are seriously incredible. 

Tuk tuk ride

We flew into krabi and stayed at slumber party hostel. The same place I stayed in Ao nang. This was the place where  they had the pub crawls. We got in and took a shuttle bus to the hostel. Luckily we were the first ones off. Unluckily our bags were on he bottom of a huge stack of luggage. We got them and got checked in. Jared woke up and went on a short six mile run. I am not kidding. Six miles is short to him. 

He got back and we headed to tonsai. It's so beautiful. Getting to tonsai you  pass these massive limestone cliffs. We get checked into a bungalow. I guess I was kind of stoked on the place. Not luxury by any means but it has it's charms. I think he was a little taken back at first but was pretty excited too.  It is a bed with a mosquito net and a a fan on a chair. The bungalow is made of like a weaved material. You kick in the walls without much effort. On the window outside it says. "Ping pong show every night. Group rates apply" in chalk. It's pretty perfect. So we headed out to climb. There is no power in our room from six to six which is a powerful motivator to get out. 

We got on a couple climbs today. They were both about 5.11d. For being out of shape and coming off injury. I was happy. Not to say I climbed well though. I can't say my foot bothered me too much. I was glad for that. 

Tonight we grabbed some dinner and hung out on the beach for a while. There was a snake show which was really fun. The guy was playing with a king cobra and had three mangrove snakes out at once. It was fun. He caught snakes with his mouth. He kissed the cobra. It was dun to watch. The beach here in tonsai is fun at night. Now we are getting massages. I got a foot massage. They are always enjoyable. 

Tomorrow we are doing a climb called humanity I think. It's a five pitch 300 foot climb. We will also climb burnt offerings which is one of my favorite climbs I have ever been on and it a really tough climb. Things are really good. I am excited to be here and have Jared here. 

Another country I didn't spend enough time in

We are leaving the island on a boat that is probably double the actual capacity for the boat. We are laying on roof in the front of the boat. Man can they pile people on these things. It's like a cattle car inside. The island, tidung, was amazing. The weather was great. Couldn't ask for much more. 

Last sunset on the island. 

Playing around waiting for sunset

Brandt covering up

Last night in Indonesia and it has been a great trip. We had the best tour guides ever in Maudy and Oly. We saw some beautiful parts of the country and met some great people. 

View from the hotel

So i met a guy in koh phi phi that had been Nepal and it got me thinking that I probably also would like to go to Nepal. There is a hike called the Annapurna circuit that is really quite intense. So I start researching it some and looking ok to the logistics of it all. Anyway we get dropped at the hotel we are staying at here for our last night in indo and he is standing there. It was crazy. We caught up And played some pool and I asked him all about it. He has some friends there that he might send me too and so I think I Might look into doing it. It is pretty intense. It is 128 miles of hiking over 2-3 weeks with peaks going up to 18k feet. It was cool to catch up with him. Super cool guy actually from Utah and more then willing to impart knowledge and send me in the directions of some friends he made there. Really cool story himself. I really love meeting people and finding out what drives them. He is a firm believer the self learning is the only kind of real learning. I like the notion. He is a self taught computer programmer who has an opportunity to Work with some really great companies. He said he has always felt like he would only work a job that he felt unqualified for. It's an interesting way to learn. It has worked pretty well for him so far. It was cool to hang out with him. 

We leave Indonesia tomorrow. Sad but I am Excited to climb. The next couple months are going to be a whirl wind of stuff. I am excited for it. 

Made it to the gate and will be in a plane back to Bangkok in a couple hours. Indonesia was too quick. Maudy and Oly really made the trip for us. It was very nice to have the. Take us to the airport and have a last meal before they took off.

 Last supper

Airplane traffic jam

Awesome sunset over Indonesia as we left

Thousand islands

I got a massage in Indo. It wasn't as strong as it was in Thailand. It was enjoyable for sure. We spent a lot of yesterday getting ready for the weekend. We are heading to 1000 islands. We got up at four this morning. We are going to be taking a local fishing boat to the island. It takes like two and a half hours to get there. It cost about forty five dollars for the trip. It includes 3 days and 2 nights with all food and accommodations. Also bicycles and snorkeling and traveling between a couple different islands. 

We just got to the boat and we are on a level where you can only kneel. Not going to be the most comfortable ride to the islands. We did get a couple life jackets to sit on so that should help a little. 

A bajaj like the tuk tuk in Thailand. 

So I ended up sleeping most the way. A four o'clock wake up helped with that I think. The island is beautiful. It probably looks like any tropical island but more the part that tourist don't really go. With chickens running around and cement homes rather than hotels. We are not staying in an area where tourists go. I have no idea what we would have done if Maudy and Oly didn't come along. No one speaks any English besides hey mister it seems. 

We walked down to the beach and found a bridge you can jump off of which of course was right down Brandt and my alley. We played around on it for a while and now are about to go and do some snorkeling. 

Snorkeling was beautiful. There are Aimee really nice reefs and decent fish life. I saw a lion fish. They are really cool looking fish. 

There are areas where there is tons of garbage. I guess it's from Jakarta and I believe it. We saw one river that was just full of garbage. It's kind of sad. They really don't do a lot to protect some of their beautiful place here. The boats use anchors and you can see where they have torn apart the reef.  I love snorkeling. I don't swim well but I could snorkel all day long. 

Today has been another fun day on the island. We went for a bike ride and went some beautiful beaches. I swam some. I even walked out to a small island off one of the beaches. There was a little bamboo shack thing I hung out in for a few minutes. 

A guy building a ship

This is where we are ataying on the island

We just had an awesome dinner that our tour guide caught and prepared. It was a fish barbecue. The fish were cooked in coconut shells. The food was incredible. Tomorrow we leave which is sad. The islands been incredible. 

Happy New Year

Happy 2014. We brought in the new year 14 hours before they did back home. In fact there is still four hours before New Years back home. 

During the day yesterday we switched hotels to go downtown. We wanted to stay close to where the action was. We did some shopping and wandering through Jakarta. It was fun. We took it easy for the most part. 

For the New Year we went out to the street. The main road near our hotel was closed down. We walked a mile up the street to to a big round about with a fountain in the middle. That's where we celebrated the new year. There we're stages with music. We even heard the song enter sandman. For the twenty minutes before New Years it was non stop fireworks. People would buy these fireworks that look like Roman candles but shoot a shell that explodes into the air. There were thousands of these. It really was quite impressive.  All in all a really fun night and a great way to bring in the new year. Lots to look forward to this year. 

We took our time getting up today and transferred hotels. We are actually staying in a really nice place tonight. We had one day where we're eaten alive by bugs. I probably got 20-30 bites and just couldn't sleep at all. 

Today we went to Bogor. We went to this plaza area where they had like a fair type thing going on. They had zip lines and ponds with fish an other activities. Thy also had shopping. 

New hotel

Bogor

Some good food in Bogor. We had a pork and noodle dish. It was really good. For being a Muslim  country it wasn't hard to find a pork dinner. Now I think we are headed back towards Jakarta. Traffic is pretty bad in Bogor and we are headed right up the main drag of the old part of town. 

Brandt is driving and the Indonesian girls are so terrified. It's really funny. We drive really different than they so. The most terrifying thing for then is checking blind spots. It is so horrifying for them. They are screaming and I am just laughing. Brandt is an excellent driver. It doesn't scare me even a little. 

An overpass near our hotel in Jakarta. 

Climbing wall by our place 

Glass eating kid from the other day.