Fia on Tour: Time to recap the last 4 month in Thailand and Laos

I left Phuket town on the 1st of February. Crazy emotions beinig back on the bike.

Thinking back today, on the 4th of June, its hard to believe that its been already 4 month - 4 month and something I left home again. Well this happened in the meanwhile:

Week 1: Living with a Thai couple in Phuket. Awesome cooking, thai culture and living. Preparing for the bikeride.

Week 2-5: On my way to Tonsai from Phuket. (2 days, 200km by bike). The "climbers heaven on earth" Really? No, not really.

So I started my road trip full of expectations to get to that magnifique place called "Tonsai". Where a bay which is only reachable by boat offers the best climbing and atmosphere EVER EVER. Yes, thats what people told me.

Well by now, I found out, that you either love Tonsai or you don't. I turned out to be "a don't".

Anyways I got to spend some time with a bunch of basejumpers in Tonsai, which was very interesting. Climbing up a cliff, watching them jump into the sunset and climb down in the dark again was definitely a lifetime experience. Playing around with pois (flying thingies on strings), even on fire, was another very enjoyable moment, next to getting drunk and dance at the beach, chilling and stuff....Mhh well, all in all looking back, I probably wasnt exactly "a don't", I just didnt climb as much as I would have loved too.

(Best route of Minnesouta, 6c)

Week 5-8: Cycling and finally taking it serious with the "travelling off the beaten track" with the bike. Many things happened. Heatstrokes, cuddling up with a 11-year-old thai girl, sleeping on a shrimp farm, sleeping in empty houses, hitchhiking with the bike and ending up on a thai funeral. Until I got to next climbing area. Crazy horse Chiang Mai.

In Chiang Mai I had a brilliant climbing time, living in a little tent and climbed a lot with Simon and Gigi from Canada and France.

Check out Facebook for more pics.

Week 8-16: As between climbers Thakhek in Laos is the new place to climb - I decided to make my way there as quick as possible. Started of cycling for another 3 days to the Lao border, was a great good bye Thailand trip. From the Lao border I took then a boat on the Mekong River to Luang Prabang. Just beautiful! Luang Prabang is a cute little town but way to touristic. So I jumped on a bus after two nights and finally got to Thakhek. Which was my sweet little home for the last 2 month. www.greenclimbershome.de

Luckily as I got there they were in need of instructors and service personal. And luckily they chose to ask me if I wanted to stay until end of the season. And of course I stayed. It was brilliant. Climbed a lot, worked as an instructor, got to known to more Lao people, and awesome climbers around the world.