I'm at Ton Sai beach now. It's the hangout for rock climbers and a really awesome place. Very laid back and rustic. There are a lot of little bars along the beach that put pillows and blankets out at night. Some of these places are just built out of driftwood. Then you sit on the beach, have a drink, listen to some relaxing music, and reflect on the day of rock climbing. Pretty awesome. They only have power and Internet here in the evening when they throw on the generators. Other than that there is no power. I'm staying in a nice little bungalow set back from the beach for just $3 a night.

The rock climbing here is incredible. A lot of the routes are really hard, lots of 5.12, 5.13 and higher. I've been taking it pretty slow, but tomorrow is going to be the first full day of climbing. There are some easier routes along East Railay beach which is where I'm heading tomorrow. I did complete a 5.10a/b today, so that was a good start.

Because it's low season there aren't that many people here and a lot of them are very experienced climbers. That is good for getting advice, but at first I was worried about not finding anyone to climb with. Now I did end up meeting a few other average / novice climbers, so that is who I'm going climbing with tomorrow. The rock here is really interesting to climb with many overhangs and also stalagmites that you can use for climbing.