I was gonna stay home...: Deep Water Solo...and other adventures....

This is Ao Nang. And this is the sunset from here, the east of the Thailand mainland, every evening. Sunsets makes dreams come true, don't they? They are something you can believe in, something you can count on. Kind of like having fun on vacation with your ladies. Fun and colorful and glamorous and quiet, but crazy too. It just depends what day it is...

We arrived in Railay, Krabi, Thailand a few days ago and have climbed the last two days. We are climbing with professional climbers who climb international competitions on 5.14s (which is sick climbing, very intense but they make it look unbelievably easy). And, thus, we have been lucky enough to climb on some of the world’s most beautiful rock and today…we deep water solo. Yup, folks, its true and I am so excited about this adventure.

I love to get up high/go climbing; the last two days, I have learned new technique and new safety processes and I feel strong. We spoke with, Ananas, our guide and new friend, last night about going deep water solo, and now, Dylan, Lizzie and I are headed out to probably the coolest climbing yet. Deep water solo: no ropes, just deep ocean below to fall/jump into. So, yup…super awesome climbing and fairly safe for soloing.


My girl, Lizzie, killing it on a Railay wall

The last few days have been amazing. We’ve gotten into some rad storms, during one of which we were aboard a boat and the rain was coming down in sheets and pelting us as though it wasn’t fond of our water taxi situation. It was very dangerous and quite comical too. I liked it.

In Ao Nang, we went caving in kayaks through mangrove fields. Our guide was hilarious, very informative and also quite the modern cowboy. His belt buckle was big and his t-shirt had "Glock Team" written on it and his jeans fit so nice and stylish like.

Told you; belt buckle=awesome

The food is delicious, the sunsets are spectacular, the people keep getting nicer, the beaches more fun. I took the ladies for their first Indian food experience; we had fried yellow dal with rice, palak paneer and aloo mater. Lets just say that my girls are now converts to the Indian food deliciousness. We have been having a blast with the cuisine since. Yup: a blast. I freaking love to eat and good thing there are so many active things to partake in or else all we would be doing is eating.

The fire in the sky at sunset makes one’s heart a light with love. There has been no sunset in my eyes like these (well, maybe in East Tennessee). I have made a few Thai friends and I smile when I think of our interactions. Our cultures colliding suddenly because everything when you are travelling is chill but, also, happens so fast; you only have five days to build a friendship. It’s interesting when there is so little time. So, Today, we deep water solo. Tomorrow, we head to Phi Phi where The Beach was filmed. Apparently, it is a big party there so we will see how long we stay…and then off the Phuket where the job hunt begins. The next adventure awaits…