CLIMBING IN TONSAI

Climbing in Thailand is by all means AMAZING !!!!
When we first arrived to Tonsai, our first impression, wasn`t the best.  It was juts a matter of time and mind setting.  We belive that if you are going to climb in Asia, you must open your mind and be ready for some life changing experiences !!! or you can just fight against it and have a bad time !!!
Once we were able to understand the culture and the climbing style, we were able to fully enjoy this place !!!!

 So, we arrived to Bangkok and two hours later got a flight to Pucket.  From there, we took a taxi to the ferry that took us to Phi Phi Island !!! It was the perfect way to start the trip.  Some beach time on one of the most beautiful places on planet earth !!
We only stayed two days at Phi Phi.  There is some climbing on the island and is pretty good, but we were anxious to get to our main destination, TONSAI !!!  So a 3 hs ferry took us to Krabi and from there a Long Tail boat to Tonsai.
Tonsai is a climbers beach !!!  Cheap bungalows, cheap food and world class climbing on the extraordinary limestone, right on the beach !!!
Just picture that, and add climbers from all over the world, testing their skills on hundreds of amazing routes !!!  Oh, yes, and when you are done climbing, you can  rapel  (or walk 100 feet) to the bar and have a  beer !!


 There is climbing for everyone. From 5.6 to 5.14a.  Steep, multipitch, vertical, everything !!!
We spent a month on the beach !!  I have to say that it might have been one of the most rewarding, life changing experiences that i had so far in my life!  And i can`t wait to be back !!!
After Thailand, we went to Yangshuo, in China, but that is a different chapter, pretty amazing too !!!
Hope you enjoy the pictures.

  

See you all soon.