IanandBritta: Happy New Year!

On December 20 we took a 4 hour train from Agra to Delhi took a taxi to the airport, flew overnight to Bangkok and got a taxi to our hotel. We were hot, tired and slightly delirious, but while we were checking in they brought us fresh made pineapple juice and I knew we had just gotten to paradise. We spent 3 days and 2 nights in Bangkok recovering from India and doing "city" things like buying a new camera (ours took a header off a climb in China) and eating really good food to try to combat the weight we had lost. The camera turned into a mini-epic as the one we bought was from a certified Nikon dealer but when we tried to use it after charging the battery, the lens was broken. After some arguing we were told that we had to bring it across town to have the techs fix it, they don't do exchanges here. I was pissed, we only had 3 hours to catch our bus to Krabi! I put the fear of god into the techs that it had to be fixed, after they told us it was a 2 day wait. They did fix it though and we were on our way to Ton Sai. We took an overnight bus to Surathani, another bus to Krabi Town, a pickup to Ao Nang and a longtail boat to Ton Sai. While wandering around trying to find a room we were hailed by our friends Noah and Amanda, who are fellow Alaskans, we had no idea they would be here. We spent a few days hanging with them, it was nice to have instant friends in a new place. So Ton Sai and connecting Railay are some of the most beautiful places to rock climb, right on the beach, amazing views and really dramatic rock. We are planning to climb for a few more weeks before we head to Chang Mai to check out the climbing up north. There are great trails for me to run, picture perfect beaches, great food, fun people and good rock climbing, we are in heaven! Happy New Year!