Met up with Ana and Fabio in Bangkok last week -- I took them to experience the sheer madness of the weekend market and the sensory overload of Khao San Road. We rode a lot of tuk tuks.
We took a bus to to Krabi and stayed in bungalows in Railay. Limestone is epic.
We stayed at these cute bungalows in the valley between Railay and Ton Sai Bay and we found an amazing tree to rig from in the jungle. I made friends with a pair of Thai guys who helped me rig and who were very entertained watching us mess around on the rope/battle the flocks of mosquitos. I wish someone had caught on film the conversation I had in Thai trying to explain what the heck we were trying to do. Hilarious.
The next day Ana and I convinced the guys at one of the climbing schools to lend us some of their climbing rope so we could rig on the beach. We made complete fools of ourselves trying to throw the rope over the branch until this German guy walked over and was like "Excuse me. I do this for a living" and totally came to our rescue. I don't hate it.
We eventually made our way to Koh Lanta and it is a great place. We've been staying at the uber cute and funky BeeBee's Bungalows and it's so mellow. We went snorkeling at Koh Rok (beautiful) and rented motorbikes to explore the island yesterday (terrifying). Yesterday we met up with Emily and her partner Michael and two of their friends from Bangkok. My workshop in Bangkok didn't get enough enrollment so it's not happening next week. Ana and Fabio left to head back to Bangkok because she is going to teach some Axis before they head back to California. I'm going to stay in Lanta for a few more days, and then maybe go back to Railay with Emily to do some more climbing. On Sunday we head to India.
BeeBee's
More soon.
(Thanks Fabio for some of the photos!)
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