Ahh, this is the life. Living off the Thai mainland, climbing on the beach and generally lounging around and enjoying the awesome people and food. Life is goooooood!

After the crazy trip south from Bangkok on a train/bus/minibus/longtail boat we finally arrived on Ton Sai beach. Ton Sai is actually mainland, but there are no roads here so you have to access it by boat. In the area where we live there are 3 main beach/housing areas: Ton Sai, Railey West and Railey East. We are staying on Ton Sai which has recently become the climber/dirtbag area as the other beaches are being built up with nice resorts and more touristy tourists. The accommodation here is simple and cheap. We live in a thatched hut with a simple bathroom (with a flush toilet!) and a double bed complete with mosquito net and fan. All for the low low price of 300 baht a night (approximately 10 dollars). As it is the high season, this rate is actually expensive, during June you can pay as little as $2.50 a night! On the other beaches the accommodation gets much more posh and can go as high as 120,000 baht, but starts as low as a few thousand. Now let me see. . .150 baht to 5 dollars, so divide 120,000 by 150 and multiply by 5, which equals. . . . .well I cant even do that but you don't have to be a mathematician to understand how dumb that is!

Life here on Ton Sai is great, especially after the crazy that is Bangkok. The awesomality (yes, I made that up) of the climbing is rivaled only by that of the people here. Pretty nice. Lately we have been climbing lots and beaching it up, partying a bit and are soon planing to go diving and deep water soloing. I often wonder why anyone would ever ask why I live my life the way I do!?! This place definitely gives me that home-like feeling I get when I am in Yosemite or Hangdog Camp in New Zealand. There are certainly places that just fit, this place is one of the few mates I have found along the way.

Pictures soon I hope, but I promise nothing! Except adventure, that I do promise!