Friday, December 29, 2006

Water!!

Real big deep water soloing day today... lots of water up our noses! We both have enough water up our sinuses, to drip every time we bend over! We can't really get to the climbs without a boat, so we are kayaking a lot too! We considered swimming out with fins, but there's nothing to stand on to reach the first few holds of the climbs, so you really need some sort of boat out here. Basically, to get to the climbs, walk on the beach, walk in the jungle, watch out for monkeys, who can't help themselves and throw things at people (!), get to another beach, rent a kayak, paddle, and climb!! Or, sit & watch, shout some beta, and take some pictures. Even after today, I'm still scared, but I took some 30-35 ft falls, and it feels much "better" :) Brendan is rocking, and he's ready to get on some harder stuff. He finished a lot of the climbs, threw his chalkbag down to me, got applauds from spectactors, and jumped off. Two ladies got so involved watching they forgot about the rest, and flipped their kayak! This is how good Brendan looks on that rock... The camera makes awesome pics, but the connection here is too slow to do anything with them. Connection are slow slow, and I use emails to write to you. Hope everybody is doing great. We are having a blast, got more local knowledge, and it makes it that much better. I eat squid and tropical fish just about everyday. Brendan ventured into Thai food, and sweated over his curry with me tonight :)
 

3 comments:

Janis Couvreux said...

I like the monkey part! It is pretty amazing when you think about it--having to be on the lookout for monkeys throwing stuff! Keep on trying with the food, Brendan.
Janis

papoumamou said...

c'est super de pouvoir vous suivfre sur vos aventures, nous sommes chez pazscale yvan laura pauline, tout va bien nous preparons le reveillon. Nous avons vu un renard et il y a de belles vaches limousines dans les pres mais pas de singes.

Bonne annee a vous deux, SANTE BONHEUR REUSSITE BELLES AVENTURES

BISOUS DE NOUS TOUS MAMOU

Bobbie said...

Ok- so, I'm glad you are doing this all while you are young. A 15 hour bus ride! Yikes! I think I'd rather have the curry than the tropical fish. Try ordering Pra-ram Neur. You might actually get something good. Neur (pronouced Noor) is meat, and Gai (pronouced GUY - as in that guy) is chicken. On second thought, you might not want to order Neur. You might get a kind of meat you're not used to! Have fun you guys! We will be reading with great interest. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Bobbie

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