Okey, here goes: For the last two weeks we've been hanging out in Railey, on a small beach called Ton Sai. The whole Railey area is known for it's spectaculare limestone cliffs which attract climbers from all over the world. Out of the six people we spent the most time with in Railey, three of them had been here before. Think that says a fair bit about what an awsome place this is.
I'm really finding a hard time to describe our experiences in Railey, but I think that it in short
can bee described as a good thai holiday. We spent alot of time haning of limestone cliffs, with all their small fingerholes and awsome tufas, and the rest of the time we spent in the shade or on the beach. Did alot of climbing together with George and Eva from Austria and Tys and Emma from Canada. Awsome people and great climbers. Helped alot on the will to make harder routes, when you got the challenge from these guys. Helped increasing the small cuts and sour fingers tendency as well..
About half way through our stay, we're not really good at dates and weeksdays by now, we
decided to take an overnight trip out to the Phi Phi islands. As we arrived on Phi Phi our new tourguides Jenny and Laura, showed up with a room, a long tail boat and an itinary for the day. Did some amazing snorkling on the reefs around the islands, took a look at The Beach (cost money to arrive on the beach though, so our budget skipped this), did some sunset swimming with sharks, did some cliff jumping and did in general everything Phi Phi had to offer in the span of a couple of hours. Big thanks to our guides.. PS: In an unlucky turn of technical events did our camera decide to malefunction after our first snorkling trip for the day ( it is still malfunctioning, but we're crossing our fingers for Aussie technicians).
The last few days, after returning to Ton Sai, disappeared in a rush. We
managed to get some more climbing done, including a multi-pitch (thanks for the walk through George), enjoy some more beach life, walk through a long dark cave and in general having a blast. There weren't to many people in Ton Sai for the moment, low-season, so we could actually afford to live in style. Lived in an apartment with two shower heads in the bathroom and gems around the sink (the gems where a major selling point for some).
In the end we'll go with the old "a picture says more than a thousand words" (and their international) and put some more pictures up on our Picasa. The third slideshow on your left is from Thailand. Enjoy, we know we did..