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I'm accidentally still in Ton Sai. It's easy to make excuses to stay. I was going to leave Ton Sai after a few days, but the tide was high and I didn't want to get my pants wet when I walked out to the boat. I was going to leave that evening when the tide went down, but the sunset was too beautiful so I had to stay to watch it. I was going to leave after the sunset, but then there was a pretty cool lightening storm out on the water, and it was nice to have a beer and watch the storm. I was going to leave the next morning, but the sky was clear and it was a perfect day for swimming. I was going to leave after swimming, but then I met some guys who wanted to go climbing the next day. I was going to leave after climbing, but my muscles were too sore and I needed a rest day on the beach. I was going to leave the next day, but the Peace and Love Bar was closing, and they were having a great going away party. I was going to leave the next day, but I was too tired from staying up so late the night before. I was going to leave the next day, but then my friend started teaching me Thai and I had to learn some more before I left. I was going to leave after my lessons, but then the guys started playing some good music, so I lied back down on the beach and forgot about trying to leave Ton Sai. It's a losing battle.
This is Ton Sai. It's paradise whether you're climbing the rocks or just swimming next to them. I like to lay flat in the water and look up at the limestone cliffs shooting up over my head. The water is a nice bath-tub temperature, and it's usually sunny but not too hot. This picture was taken at Ton Sai beach, and between the two biggest rocks in the picture is Railay beach. Railay is famous and full of resorts and the like, but Ton Sai was somehow left behind during all this development. Ton Sai is only a 20-minute swim away, but the town is just a dirt road, a few bungalows, and a lot of bartenders who really like reggae.
This is my first view of the beach. The guy walking there is Tom from the Netherlands. We met in Penang and took the boat to Langkawi together.
In Langkawi, I met a really nice German girl named Jana and we rented a car to drive around the island. The driving was kind of scary because people drive on the wrong side of the road here. I guess it makes sense that they drive on the left hand side of the road, though, because this used to be an English colony.
The first place we went in Langkawi was the Seven Wells waterfall. This is a bunch of little pools where you can side from one to the other (like I'm doing in the picture). It's like a natural water slide.
This is where the pools become a waterfall. In the picture of me above, you can see that there's a little wire fence that keeps you from sliding all the way down the waterfall. From the top, it looks like a really good idea to slide down. From this view, it looks like a pretty stupid thing to do. Thank god for the little wire fence.
After leaving the waterfall, we stopped at a little place on the side of the road for lunch. Lunch was not so special, but THIS is delicious. It's a dragon fruit. It's sort of like a hot pink kiwi. Life can't get any better than that.
At the end of the day, we went to the far north part of the island to walk across a sandbar that extends between some islands. The water is only up to your knees, but you walk for a long way to get to the other island. It's a pretty awesome thing to do, and a pretty awesome place to watch the sun set.
At night, we went to a reggae bar. Since getting here, I've learned that reggae and beaches tend to go together.
This is me and Jana going out at night.
This is me after leaving Langkawi and taking a ridiculous number of boats, buses, and other vehicles to get to Ton Sai. This last boat ride totally restored my spirits after all the exhausting bus trips. Passing by all the huge limestone towers made me really excited to meet the bunches of climbers at Ton Sai. When you get to Ton Sai, you feel like you've just joined a super-awesome club of climbers who have found paradise. It's sort of like magic.
This is Ton Sai at low tide. The tides here are crazy - In the morning, the water comes right up to the restaurant, so you basically have to swim if you want to get out of Ton Sai. In the afternoon, the tide goes out so far that you can walk a few kilometers out onto the rocks and even walk over to Railay beach.
One day, I got really close to leaving Ton Sai. I even went and spent the whole day in Krabi (which is the big town near by). This is a pretty temple in Krabi.
This is another little temple in Krabi. I really don't know anything about these temples, because there are no signs or any people around to explain what they're for. Either way, they look really nice.
In this temple, they had lots of donkeys and elephants. Is it a political statement? I have no idea.
These are a few of my friends at Ton Sai. They have a really nice cafe on the beach where I like to sit and make my next big plan for leaving Ton Sai. Great guys.
This is also the last picture that my camera was able to load onto the computer before it died. I'm watching it right now as it gives me helpless error messages, beeps a few times in apology, and turns itself off. Poor little thing. Next time I'm in a big town, I'll purchase my third camera of this trip. This time, I'll try to find one that's not so fragile.
I'll hopefully be able to upload some of the rock climbing pictures from Ton Sai in the next few days. I really am planning to leave Ton Sai soon, and once I leave I'll hopefully acquire some kind of technology (jump drive, new camera, etc) that will let me show you more pictures. Until then, it's a nice day for swimming. I'll go to the beach today, and I'll leave Ton Sai tomorrow.
I'm accidentally still in Ton Sai. It's easy to make excuses to stay. I was going to leave Ton Sai after a few days, but the tide was high and I didn't want to get my pants wet when I walked out to the boat. I was going to leave that evening when the tide went down, but the sunset was too beautiful so I had to stay to watch it. I was going to leave after the sunset, but then there was a pretty cool lightening storm out on the water, and it was nice to have a beer and watch the storm. I was going to leave the next morning, but the sky was clear and it was a perfect day for swimming. I was going to leave after swimming, but then I met some guys who wanted to go climbing the next day. I was going to leave after climbing, but my muscles were too sore and I needed a rest day on the beach. I was going to leave the next day, but the Peace and Love Bar was closing, and they were having a great going away party. I was going to leave the next day, but I was too tired from staying up so late the night before. I was going to leave the next day, but then my friend started teaching me Thai and I had to learn some more before I left. I was going to leave after my lessons, but then the guys started playing some good music, so I lied back down on the beach and forgot about trying to leave Ton Sai. It's a losing battle.
This is my first view of the beach. The guy walking there is Tom from the Netherlands. We met in Penang and took the boat to Langkawi together.
In Langkawi, I met a really nice German girl named Jana and we rented a car to drive around the island. The driving was kind of scary because people drive on the wrong side of the road here. I guess it makes sense that they drive on the left hand side of the road, though, because this used to be an English colony.
This is where the pools become a waterfall. In the picture of me above, you can see that there's a little wire fence that keeps you from sliding all the way down the waterfall. From the top, it looks like a really good idea to slide down. From this view, it looks like a pretty stupid thing to do. Thank god for the little wire fence.
After leaving the waterfall, we stopped at a little place on the side of the road for lunch. Lunch was not so special, but THIS is delicious. It's a dragon fruit. It's sort of like a hot pink kiwi. Life can't get any better than that.
At the end of the day, we went to the far north part of the island to walk across a sandbar that extends between some islands. The water is only up to your knees, but you walk for a long way to get to the other island. It's a pretty awesome thing to do, and a pretty awesome place to watch the sun set.
This is Ton Sai at low tide. The tides here are crazy - In the morning, the water comes right up to the restaurant, so you basically have to swim if you want to get out of Ton Sai. In the afternoon, the tide goes out so far that you can walk a few kilometers out onto the rocks and even walk over to Railay beach.
This is also the last picture that my camera was able to load onto the computer before it died. I'm watching it right now as it gives me helpless error messages, beeps a few times in apology, and turns itself off. Poor little thing. Next time I'm in a big town, I'll purchase my third camera of this trip. This time, I'll try to find one that's not so fragile.
I'll hopefully be able to upload some of the rock climbing pictures from Ton Sai in the next few days. I really am planning to leave Ton Sai soon, and once I leave I'll hopefully acquire some kind of technology (jump drive, new camera, etc) that will let me show you more pictures. Until then, it's a nice day for swimming. I'll go to the beach today, and I'll leave Ton Sai tomorrow.
1 comments:
this is an awesome post, you can tell just how happy you are. it seemseveryone ive met that has gone to thailand feels the same way. thats really cool!
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