• MASSIVE update (part 1)

    MASSIVE update (part 1)

    Of course I have tonnes to catch up on. Today is February 13th and the last time I posted was Christmas. I'm currently in Hampi, karnataka, India. I will be leaving tomorrow for a return visit to Goa to meet Dave and Emma for a few days.

    I'll be brief (spelling of place names likely to be total shite)...

    Left Sihanouk ville on the 27th December 2005. I would have left on the 26th if it were not for the massive hangover that I awoke with on boxing day. Christmas day turned out ok, I met some people from Leeds to share dinner with. The boat (sea) back to Thailand was cramped and hot and took 8 hours or so to reach the border. We (me and the 70 or so other westerners making exactly the same trip) crossed, used the usual set of dodgy transport to move through the stages of the border crossing then taxi'd it to trat. I was gonna get straight on the night bus to Bangkok. I didn't do this, I was shattered and decided to stay the night in trat. Next day I boarded the 5 or 6 hour bus ride to the Thai capital. This day was to be an epic in terms of miles traveled. I got to bangkok with the knowledge that the Krabi buses were leaving in 2 hours. After being told they were all full an apparent cancellation meant that I could travel as planned. Quick food and internet then on another bus. The journey took 15 hours (arriving in the middle of nowhere at about 6 AM).

    There were a few other people looking to get to Ton Sai beach so we all got together and chartered a long tail boat. The journey from Krabi town to Ton Sai beach was sublime. The Krabi coastline comprises of some of the most stunning natural beauty I have ever seen. We arrived at the beach to find that most of the rooms were full. There are many stories to be told here but i did say I'd be brief. I was lucky enough to end up with probably the last room on the beach. I stayed in that room for the next 8 days or so. I really enjoyed my time in Ton Sai. I spent lots of time with Sheldon (mentioned in last post) and Yin, fantastic people, well into climbing.

    New year was a blast. I spent it on ton Sai beach where though there weren't many people the atmosphere was warm and nice. Later on I went and investigated the green spirit party whatsit that I had been planning to go to since I was in england. I wasn't really into it. There was no chill out, the music was a little dull (all massive Israeli tunes) and I was on my own and a little drunk and in the dark. I resolved to get drunk and fall asleep under a tree till first light at which point I could get a tuk tuk and a long tail back to my beach hut. This I did and did not feel I had missed out on anything.

    I was back in Bangkok again by the 6th of January as my flight to india was on the 9th. My last few days in bangkok were fantastic. I spent time with pretty much all the people that I'd met on my trip that I would want to meet again, they all just happened to be in bangkok at the same time as me, twas wonderful.