Today is a rest day, after a couple of days climbing and one day kayaking I am sore and ready to sit on the beach and read my book, drink from a coconut and eat some grilled chicken.
The climbing down here is fantastic, and hard given that it had been a few months since I had been climbing outside. The cliffs are limestone, fantastically featured with pockets, stalactites other natural holds. The routes are all fairly athletic, with lots of high steps and big reaches, but well protected and lots of fun. I've been out with a few different people, but mostly with a couple from Austria, I will climb with one of them while the other watches their kids, and then we switch in the afternoon.
Yesterday I made it kayaking with the Austrians to a n island a few miles away where there was good snorkeling. It was almost like an over written script where we kayaked to a fantastic white sand beach and stepped just a few feet into the water to find an awesome array of beautiful tropical fish schooling around you in the water. Time to sit on the beach, relax and drink my 5th liter of water today. Man is it hot here.
a few pictures can be found at http://picasaweb.google.com/Joel.Rice.13/Tonsai#
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