Travelling Each Other Mad

Tonsai

Rupert writes
On the mainland of the Krabi district - although separated from the world by towering limestone cliffs dripping with climbing opportunities that are no virgin to the sweaty fingers of climbers that come from around the globe to hang off in agonising determination - is Tonsai, a secluded climbers paradise. Here we met up with Olly, my friend and climbing partner from home.
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Rupert writes
Koh Chang is paradise. More accurately the Tree House guest house on Lonely Beach on Koh Chang is Paradise. The beach isn’t perfect, for from it - most of it is filled with rocks and the locals are moving them further and further up so the beach is just getting smaller and smaller and will soon be pushed off the island. However, it’s not the beach that makes this place paradise.
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