TONSAI

Awh Tonsai. Literally, we both fell in love with it. We planned on staying a few days, but stayed 2 weeks. We are not unusual tho. Some people end up staying for months. Tonsai is this little bay. It is surrounded by rocks and blue ocean. Climbers are everywhere. The atmosphere is backpacker and reggae/hippie. There are barely roads, but one truck manages to get around and maybe 3 motorbikes. There are jungle bungalows everywhere. The first two nights we stayed in a nice cement room with aircon for my hot mother. The next 3 we stayed in a bungalow. We booked for four, but monkeys broke in and stoles things so we moved out to a new cement place 30 ft from the beach with a fan. The first few days we just wandered about. It is easy to cross over to Railay east and west bay, where it is more commercial. There is an ATM there and power all day. Tonsai is run on generators and only has power from 5pm until 6am. Also Railay has white sandy beaches. Railay west is resorts, and railay east is not very pretty but a relaxing atmosphere. I rocked climbed 2 times. I love it and hope to keep it up. My mother batik-ed with Ozzy, a great Thai guy. We went snorkeling 2 times, once to Phi Phi and then to local islands, of course it rain both times. See photos. We got to know pretty much all of the locals, we have so many friends there now. I hope to go back next year. What made it such a great place was the beauty and the people. I was really sad to leave. Everywhere we went we felt so welcome, people knew us by name. It was just incredible. See the photos to get a better idea. On Halloween I got to see Job 2 Do, a very famous reggae Thai band, my mom was sick so she missed out. Now we are in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I'd rather be in Tonsai, but this place isnt so bad. Ill do a Malaysia update before I leave.