randoms from the road.

Machine gun rental.

Halong bay, Vietnam.

Motorcycle Ride. Sapa, Vietnam.

 

 

 

 

 

Back to reality. Brisbane.

sizing up the climbing spot.  Brisbane riverfront.

The end.

The trip is completely over but I'm still not burnt out.  The trips are getting longer each time I leave, and I dont think I can ever stop moving.  When I know the end is near, I can only think about when I can go again.  I cant be stationary anymore and its killing me...

skateboarding.

I didn't bring a skateboard on the trip which I actually regret somehow.  My eye was always wandering.

 

 

and back to Kuala Lumpur...

By the end of the trip I had become too lazy and tired to carry my camera bag everywhere.  (Note to self: Buying a sling-style camera bag for a 9 month trip, carrying over 15 lbs. on one shoulder is a horrible idea.) I usually only took my point-and-shoot, which ended up with a permanant black spot on the lens somehow.  Thats what I get for not using the damn camera bag.  Lazy bastard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Climb 5.  Asia's largest indoor rock climbing.

 

Back to Bangkok.

goodbye thailand. 4am 

 

Heineken tall can or orange juice with your breakfast?

 

 Chiang Mai to Bangkok.  14 hours.

 

this picture does no justice to the "dining train" cabin that we stepped into for a late dinner.  We slid open the door to find a mixed party of old and young together in an awkward drunken frenzy .  One or two thai men dancing around drunk, while some drunk old couples clapped and cheered for the few (two) young french girls trying to dance.  The whole train car full of people sat and watched.  We sat and had dinner in the middle of the party...

 

 

 

 

 



Khao San Road.  Non-Stop party. 

from booze, drugs, and bootlegged pharmaceuticals, fake I.D.s and college transcripts to crickets, snakes, spiders, cockroaches, and scorpions to eat from the street vendors.  Come and get it.

 Bangkok Traffic.

Fresh off the train and back to the crowds.

the way back. Thailand.

 We searched the whole area around the mountain looking for an enterance to the cave climbs.  We accidentally ended up at the top of the chamber, stumbling upon this amazing view after a short climb through the wrong cave.

 on the toes.

 Going up.

first pair of climbing shoes. 

So hyped!  We rented some climbing gear and a motorbike to make the 30+ km ride out of the city to a small row of mountains.  "Crazy Horse Buttress" is what the locals call it.  The most amazing climbs yet.  We got Munson'd at the cliffs in the rain but it was well worth it as always.

 any part you ask for?

Chiang Mai.  City within the wall.