Climbing Hat Ton Si

It's hard to leave, I drag myself from my bungalo for one last bannana Lassi on the beach, kick back on a cushan and watch the early morning crankers pull through 7c+ moves under Ton Si wall. It's been a good week cliping through some stunning routs with really cool people and although it's hard to leave it's feels good to be moving.
I'v been giving the bike a rest and hanging out on Hat Ton Si beach, a cove walled in by towering limestone cliffs and a beach resort for climbers. They come from all over the world it's very cool and sitting at the bar you can watch the coolest of them pump straight off the beach through some very steep layback climbing or crank your neck to see the guys on the fourth pitch of Humanality some 200m up. A bit much for me and I head off to find more acheavable climbing, plenty of choices this place is full of good lines that come with a view, well protected quality rock. Get some people together and hire a boat and try some deep water solo action (very scarry very quickly) or just kick back with new friends the climbing guide always find its way to the table. It's very relaxed finding some really nice people and pushing some personal bests, enjoying the sceen.
There's too much good climbing not just on Ton Si but all around Krabi province including Ko Pi Pi the filming location for The Beach if your having trouble understanding what I'm dealing with, I gota come back here with a full rack and and alot more time but for now I look forward to being back in the saddel. The roads are bussy in Thailand and I'v taken to the west hoping to avoid some of the worst traffic but it may be a bite more on the hillly side but thats no problem the body hold'n up fine and seems to be lov'n the abuse. Their's a thousand K's between me and Bankok Ill be there before the end of the month even if it means a train up the east coast. The plan is to hook up with Jukka a guy I met in Darwin on his way around the world, it i'll be good to have a riding partner to head into Cambodia with although I dont feel alone in this part of the world their seems to be plenty of cycle tourers around their good for bata and the reasurance that I'm not the only crazy one.

Deep South

Failed disciseivly on my comitment not push myself as I crossed the boarder into Thailand clocking concecutive 150k days. I feel the differance instantly as I rode across the boarder the city humms, not like Malaysia from atop a moqsue with the evening prayers but for the street, from the moterbikes and the kareoky bars it steps up a notch. I'v enjoyed the Mouslem style its anciant and the people breath their religion, the act of worship is very much apart of their everyday even if they are a bit keen to tell me about it. That and the lack of pubs, luckely I made Thailand just in time for my traditional 1000 kilometer beer.
The Muslims in the bourder provences of Thailand arn't so friendly and the reason I'v been putting in the k's. There has been some 1200 deaths in the last two years from sepratist groups and with the elections on Sunday several bomes expoloded outside polling stations in in the city of Thawatiwat that I had planned to ride through. The deal was to skip the south by train but I woke up late and no one seemd too concerned about safety commenting that it was fine. I felt safe most of the time but if the road blocks every ten K's with razor wire, sand baged bunkers fully mounted machine guns and soildires in full battel gear; vest, helmet and M16 are ment to make me feel safe it ain't woking. I ride through and they smile, I do wonder if they are laughing at me but their friendly and help me with directions.

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I'm in the city of Hat-Yi for a few days the real deal asia crazy, it's a lot and I only like it in small doses so I'm pushing on. Rather over the freeway riding the day drags when your in traffic and there's a lot more before Bangkok so to save myself some days I'm takeing my bike on the bus across to the Arnderman sea.

Sorry this page is lacking in visual stimulation my new camera was stolen the other day and I dont think I'll replace it.
bye for now.