Thailand here I come!
So, it's confirmed. Tickets were booked today and we fly out on February 9th to Bangkok, arriving back in the US on the 28th. We are so excited that it has finally become a reality and can't believe we're leaving in less than a week.
In the meantime, it's snowing here. We actually have snow on the ground and had a snowball fight at Miguel's this morning. It's quite beautiful here with the snow, though it certainly puts a damper on climbing. We've been getting out a hiking quite a bit though and hanging out at the monastery at Miguels. We rented a cabin at Torrent Falls, one of the climbing areas, for a friends birthday which was fun, but we weren't able to even climb there. It was torture having the cliffs within view in the morning, though beautiful to see the snow. We have had a couple of beautiful climbing days and good fun with the small group of people who are in the gorge. It's nice being here with so few people, a small community. I'm the lucky one who gets to sleep indoors at the hostel.
It's a quiet time at the moment, lots of reading, watching movies and down time. I even picked up Sudoku. I figured my brain needed some kind of a workout. I must say it's been quite nice to be able to relax and catch up on a lot of things. You'd be amazed that being on the road, you'd think you'd have so much time on your hands to do whatever you want, but days seem to be full of climbing, cooking and driving. It's been nice to be in a home, with not much to do except hike a bit everyday. Returning to the hustle and bustle of real life will certainly be a difficult transition, but, one I don't have to worry about until September.
More stories from Thailand to come, and I posted some new pics on my blog. Enjoy.
In the meantime, it's snowing here. We actually have snow on the ground and had a snowball fight at Miguel's this morning. It's quite beautiful here with the snow, though it certainly puts a damper on climbing. We've been getting out a hiking quite a bit though and hanging out at the monastery at Miguels. We rented a cabin at Torrent Falls, one of the climbing areas, for a friends birthday which was fun, but we weren't able to even climb there. It was torture having the cliffs within view in the morning, though beautiful to see the snow. We have had a couple of beautiful climbing days and good fun with the small group of people who are in the gorge. It's nice being here with so few people, a small community. I'm the lucky one who gets to sleep indoors at the hostel.
It's a quiet time at the moment, lots of reading, watching movies and down time. I even picked up Sudoku. I figured my brain needed some kind of a workout. I must say it's been quite nice to be able to relax and catch up on a lot of things. You'd be amazed that being on the road, you'd think you'd have so much time on your hands to do whatever you want, but days seem to be full of climbing, cooking and driving. It's been nice to be in a home, with not much to do except hike a bit everyday. Returning to the hustle and bustle of real life will certainly be a difficult transition, but, one I don't have to worry about until September.
More stories from Thailand to come, and I posted some new pics on my blog. Enjoy.
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