As Suzi finishes off her training and testing, I have been testing myself through yet another part of this country as I'm (you guessed it), climbing. Charlie and I have been in Chiang Mai area for a few days now climbing in one of the coolest areas I have ever climbed. The grades are honest, but best of all, the crag is clean. There is a really neat company in Chiang Mai who manages the area for free, builds shade areas, provides free water so as to cut down on plastic bottles piling up, makes trails...etc. However the coolest part of it all is where we are staying.
Just a few Kilometers away there is a home stay/bungalow place. My Thai is getting a bit better, and our hosts speak next to no English. Needless to say, there are lots of impromptu games of charades, like every time we try and communicate. They cook us three meals a day (which we never order, they just make us really great food), and even deliver lunch to the climbing area for us. All said and done, room and board, Thai lessons, and really amazing hospitality costs about $7.00 a day.
We have taken a rest day in Chiang Mai today and are back out to the home stay soon. So great. No Internet, no distractions, early to bed, early to rise. A few days more and then we fly back to Bangkok for a few days before I see Suzi again.
I have realized that it is quite a pain in the rear to upload photos on to blogspot, so I have instead loaded most of my Thailand pictures on to facebook. If there is anyone that wants to see them, you should be able to log on with out having to be approved by me to see them. However, if you need me to approve you, then I will okay you as my friend and you can go on to my profile into my photo section and see the photos there. There are a lot of them. For all you parents that don't know how to do this, ask your kids, they will help you. Until next time...
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