God must be a climber
It's really the only reasonable explanation. We've spent the last few days on Ton Sai beach, next to Ray Lai beach on the Andaman coast of Thailand. The place is just too perfect to be explained any other way. Looking around, it reads like a rock climber's Christmas list.
"First, of course, we need rock. And lots of it. High, interesting, varied, limestone cliffs will do just fine. Now that we have that settled, let's put it on the ocean. Tropical ocean, with brilliant turquoise waters and some nice corals. Lots of tropical fish to swim around in those too. Hey, we need something to do on rest days. Next, we'll need some beautiful, powdery white sand beaches to cover the few feet between the rock and the water. Plus a little more for just lying around on. Of course, we'll need some reasonably priced places to stay, with restraunts that serve excellent Thai food. Then a couple of bars on the beach where we can enjoy a few beers in the evening. Oh ya, and make those limestone cliffs big enough that they can't build roads to get here. Only boats. And cover everything else with palm trees and lush jungle. Add a whole lot of sun and I think we'll have it made."
The whole thing is just too perfect to be believed. We've had a great few days hanging around here. Went climbing ourselves one day and loved it. Spent another day touring around to some of the islands in the area, snorkelling and relaxing. Spent the rest of the time lying on the beach and trying to pretend I didn't have to leave so soon.
But unfortunately, I do, and I'm now on my way back to Bangkok. One day there and I'm back on a plane headed home. Hard to believe that this time has passed so quickly. The trip seems in some ways to have been incredibly quick, but in other ways it's hard to even see back to where it started. At least I have Christmas to look forward to and to break up the reintroduction to the real world. Could be quite a shock ....
So, thanks for putting up with this spam for the last few months and I hope to see you all soon. I'm back in Vancouver on the 5th, so if anyone is around that area, we'll have to go for a beer. Going from tropical sun to Vancouver rain, I'm going to need it ....
Justin
"First, of course, we need rock. And lots of it. High, interesting, varied, limestone cliffs will do just fine. Now that we have that settled, let's put it on the ocean. Tropical ocean, with brilliant turquoise waters and some nice corals. Lots of tropical fish to swim around in those too. Hey, we need something to do on rest days. Next, we'll need some beautiful, powdery white sand beaches to cover the few feet between the rock and the water. Plus a little more for just lying around on. Of course, we'll need some reasonably priced places to stay, with restraunts that serve excellent Thai food. Then a couple of bars on the beach where we can enjoy a few beers in the evening. Oh ya, and make those limestone cliffs big enough that they can't build roads to get here. Only boats. And cover everything else with palm trees and lush jungle. Add a whole lot of sun and I think we'll have it made."
The whole thing is just too perfect to be believed. We've had a great few days hanging around here. Went climbing ourselves one day and loved it. Spent another day touring around to some of the islands in the area, snorkelling and relaxing. Spent the rest of the time lying on the beach and trying to pretend I didn't have to leave so soon.
But unfortunately, I do, and I'm now on my way back to Bangkok. One day there and I'm back on a plane headed home. Hard to believe that this time has passed so quickly. The trip seems in some ways to have been incredibly quick, but in other ways it's hard to even see back to where it started. At least I have Christmas to look forward to and to break up the reintroduction to the real world. Could be quite a shock ....
So, thanks for putting up with this spam for the last few months and I hope to see you all soon. I'm back in Vancouver on the 5th, so if anyone is around that area, we'll have to go for a beer. Going from tropical sun to Vancouver rain, I'm going to need it ....
Justin
posted by Justin Callison at 6:56 PM
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