Hot Springs in Bishop...

We had a few days off in a row, so we went to Bishop... for a change. We climbed three days, and then figured we should check out the hot springs... total success, so cool to hang out in there for a few hours! The flip pak is still rocking, and being customized a little more every time :)

On avait 3 jours off avec Brendan, et on est alles a Bishop... pour changer de Yosemite. On a grimpe 3 jours, et on a passe la derniere apres-midi a barboter dans une petite source d'eau chaude... un succes, c'etait genial! On etait parti avec le flip pak, qui est de plus en plus custom, et donc de mieux en mieux :) Bises~

Mid-week in Yosemite

I am catching up with pics today :) We just spent two days, tuesday-wednesday, in the valley, bouldering. I couldn't climb all that well, and Brendan was pretty sore too. But we still had fun, it's always nice to get out there! We climbed at the Lecomte and Cathedral boulders. Camp 4 is full of people right now, it's climbing season. We'll probably go back next week... now that we have some unfinished business...

Aujourd'hui je me ratrape sur les nouvelles. On vient de passer 2 jours a Yosemite au milieu de la semaine. C'est l'avantage des emplois du temps bizares... c'est le week-end mardi-mercredi! J'etais un peu naze, et Brendan avec un peu mal partout, alors on n'a pas fait d'exploits, mais on a bien rigole, et c'etait sympa de camper a Yosemite. Camp 4, le camp des grimpeurs, est plein en ce moment, c'est la saison pour l'escalade. On y retournera surement la semaine prochaine, si la meteo va bien... histoire de finir les voies qu'on a commencees...

Soiree a theme: cousette

C'est des photos de la soiree ou Olivier est venu avec sa machine a coudre, pour recoudre notre tente qui a ete dechiree dans les cailloux en Afrique du Sud. Brendan etait tres triste d'avoir un enorme trou dans sa tente preferee, et du coup tres content qu'Olivier puisse faire quelque chose pour lui... il garde un oeil quand meme! Pendant ce temps la les filles font les cons avec l'appareil photo... voyez plutot!

These are a few late pics... it was a sewing dinner :) Olivier and Brendan worked on fixing the tent that was torn on the rocks in South Africa... It is Brendan's favorite tent, so he was very happy Olivier cold fix it for him! So he is watching closely. In the mean while, Corine and I played dumb and took pictures... see for yourself!

South Africa

Hello!!! That's it we made it home last night, after 30 hrs of traveling... we were happy to get here. It was a reallllllly really awesome trip, we met very cool people, and the climbing was even better than we had imagined. We have a lot of pictures, and I am going to try to get them up for you guys to see before I start school next Monday :) I will put up little stories with the pictures, to make a post-trip blog! In the mean while, here are a few pitures to keep you waiting for more. Hope you had a great month of August. Kisses~~

Ca y est, on est rentres! Apres 30h de voyage, nous voila enfin de retour a la maison... ca fait du bien d'arriver! Notre voyage etait vraiment genial, l'escalade etait super, et les gens qu'on a rencontres etaient adorables. On a beaucoup de photos, il faut que je fasse une petite selection, et que je mette tout ca online pour que vous puissiez voir. Je vais essayer de m'occuper de ca avant de reprendre les cours lundi. Je mettrai des commentaires avec les photos, puisque je n'ai pas pu mainteneir le blog a jour de la-bas. Voila quelques photos en attendant les autres. J'espere que vous avez passe un bon mois d'aout. Bisous~

Chloe-

Colorado road trip

Internet died at home, so the pictures have been sitting in my camera, where they still are! We are leaving Monday for South Africa, and if we can, we'll post some news on the blog... Here is ONE picture for the moment... on the road to Colorado!

On n'a plus internet a la maison... c'est tout casse! Les photos sont toujours dans l'appareil donc... On part Lundi en Afrique du Sud, j'espere qu'on aura internet pour mettre des nouvelles sur le blog!! Voila UNE photo... en route pour le Colorado!

"Les maries en vacances"

Non non non c'est pas une blague! C'est surement un peu a l'envers, mais je ferai des petites cartes avec des photos, et ca dira dessus qu'on s'est marries, ce sera super... a peine en retard! Mes pov' copines! En tous cas, non, ce n'est donc pas une blague! Et oui, comme mamou dit, on etait tous les deux en shorts (mais des beaux shorts! :), et on y est alles en mobylette! Corine a dit qu'on aurait du y accrocher des casseroles pour l'ambiance :) On s'est fait un super brunch juste avant d'y aller. Voila donc pour le mariage.
Pour la suite des aventures... (notre honey moon donc! ) nous sommes toujours au Colorado. Maintenant que Brendan a ete accepte, a mon tour de trouver un job. En temps qu'infirmiere, trouver du boulot en soit, il n'y a pas de pb, mais je voudrais vraiment bosser urgences, et en temps que petite nouvelle, ils toussent un peu. Donc il faut que je fasse mes preuves. J'emprunterai bien la chemise de Brendan, c'est sur! Mais en parlant de chemise, je suis donc allee m'acheter une chemise (a Walmart) vu que toutes ces histoires d'interviews et trucs officiels n'etaient pas vraiment supposes etre au programme pour moi. Mais on rigole, c'est l'essentiel! Je vais donc mardi a quelques interviews, a une Job Fair, a l'hopital d'Aspen. On rentrera a SF mercredi soir, et Brendan bosse la nuit de mercredi a jeudi... mais bien sur!!! Aujourd'hui on se "repose" et on va donc surement aller courir... pour se reposer les doigts :) Et demain, je fais mettre sa chemise a Brendan, et en voiture :) Peut-etre s'il vient avec moi avec ca fera l'affaire?? Ca fait bientot 2 semaines qu'on ne mange des clementines, des nouilles et du chili... regime grimpette! C'est tout en quantite astronomique, mais meme affames, quelques choses d'autres ne sera pas de refus. On a bien grimper pendant 2 semaines, et nous sommes donc, un peu fatigues... si si. On a visite les environs, et on a camper dans un super endroit, vous verrez les photos, et juste la il y a une autre petite ville, Carbondale, qui serait super pour habiter aussi. Voili voila les news les amis! Gros Bisous a toute la bande qui lisent le blog, et a bientot de SF avec des photos. Chloe-

It seems like my French friends wondered if our wedding was a joke, well no it isn't, I'll make little cards and send them out when I get back in the city. We are still in Colorado, and it is my tunr to look for a job. Finding a job as a nurse itself isn';t hard, but I am really wanting to strat in the ER, which is a little more complicated as a new grd, but I have nothing to lose, so I am trying, and we'll stay over here a few more days, so that I can make a job fair at the Aspen hospital, and we'll go from there. I met with another manager in Glenwood, and it's basically the same: their ER is small, and new grads are not really usually trained staright into it. For the climnbing adventures, we are getting a little tired, and resting today... we'll probably go for a run :) We have climbed a lot, eating lots of clementines, pasta and chili... and we are getting ready for a different diet!!! My library time is going to cut me short, so I will have to leave it here, but we also visited other little towns nearby, and found other cute ones we would totally live in. I'll write more when I get back to SF, and will post pictures too. Big kisses to all of those who read the blog, and see you soon!!!
Chloe-

Et... au Brew Pub!

Hello les zamis!
C'est trop cool le blog, mais c'est les commentaires les plus sympa!
Et donc... oui on s'est achete une super glace, mais on a aussi ete au Brew Pub, eh eh :) La ou il font des beaux Tshirts et de la bonne biere et des super burgers. Bien plus digne comme celebration qu'une glace, c'est sur!! Vu que ca se precise de plus en plus, et qu'on sera surement ici l'annee prochaine, vous pourrez venir essayer la biere du Brew Pub, faites sur place, et ils t'en donnent meme pour la route si tu demandes gentillement... Je suis sure que c'est au niveau des boissons qu'ils servent "au travail" chez Oracle :) :) :) Mom, chapeau pour les cartons, 500, ma pov' poulette! C'est fini au moins?
Et pour les Ruyers: il y a un tout petit aeroport a Glenwood... !! Je suis sure que le petit jaune serait accepte :)
Papou et Mamou, faites une bise a Arthur de ma part!
Bisous~~
Chloe-

Number 2!

It seems like we get half an hour on a computer per library, so this is library number 2!
So after our ice cream celebration we went to explore downtown Glenwood Springs, and made sure we could seriously live here. Well... we sure can. It has a few markets with veggies, fruits, organic food, coffee shops, the river that runs through the town, an ice cream parlor, a few cute libraries super modern with internet :), and it has a "community center" which is a Colorado special: it's like a giant playground, with a pool, tennis courts, a climbing wall, yoga/fitness thingies, and it's super cheap to be a member. And there is a bike path that goes all along the river, you can bike forever. And of course, millions of trails to hike and run on. There is a big hospital I could work in. So we have a town we want to live in, and Brendan has a school. Piece by piece, little by little, we'll make the puzzle work! Tomorrow: climbing.

Dans les bibliotheques au Colorado, on a droit a une demie-heure sur internet, donc nous voila a la bibliotheque numero 2! Apres notre session glace en ville, on a fait les touristes a Glenwood Springs, et on s'est balade pour voir si on pouvait serieusement imaginer habiter ici... et definitivement on pourra. Il y tout plein de petits marches pour acheter des fruits, legumes, et de la nourriture comestible, et meme bio :), des petits cafes, quelques bibliotheques, la riviere qui traverse la petite ville, et un centre qui a toute sortes de trucs du genre une piscine, des terrains de tennis, un mur d'escacalde, et plein d'autres trucs! Meme du yoga :) Et il y a une super piste cyclable qui suit toute la riviere. Et bien sur, il y a des millions de chemins de montagnes pour aller camper, marcher, ou courrir! On a donc une trouve une ville sympa, et Brendan a une ecole. Petit a petit, ca va marcher! Demain: escalade.

Yeah yeah yeah yeah!!!

That title will set the tone as far as how Brendan's interview went: he's
accepted to Colorado Mountain College!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He had a 1hr
test, and a 1hr interview, and he made it! He is super super happy. There
are 12 students in the program, Brendan loves the program: it is just what
he wanted, and we get to move out here and climb while he goes to school :)
I have 13 minutes left on the library clock, so that'll be a quick note only
:) Today the plan is swimming in the river, and celebration of Brendan's
interview with ice cream downtown Glenwood :) Talk to you soon! Kisses~~

Le titre donne une idee de comment s'est passe l'interview de Brendan: il a
ete accepte!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Il est enchante, et du coup on viendra habiter
ici, a Glenwood Springs, en janvier, et il pourra aller a l'ecole, et on
aura la super escalade, et la riviere, et tout ca tout ca, juste a cote :)
Genial. Le program d'ambulancier ou il a ete accepte est exactement ce qu'il
voulait, et c'est tout petit, et c'est genial! C'etait un exam, et 1 h
d'interview, et ca l'a fait. Je suis a la bibliotheque, et les minutes
defilent sur la petite horloge du pc... alors ca va etre assez court.
Aujourd'hui on se baigne dans la riviere, et on celebre l'interview de
Brendan avec une glace en centre ville a Glenwood :)
Les commentaires sur le blog sont geants, j'adore. Je devrais essayer d'etre
plus reguliere sur les messages, ca vous aiderait a vous rappeler de vos
password! Grosses Bises a tous, et a bientot pour de prochaines aventures!!!
;)
Chloe-

Summer Time!!

Hello my friends! We are in Rifle, Colrado, climbing away! It's funny to
find people who were here last year or people we've met in Thailand... small
world of climbers! The bugs and sun are out, but the climbing is what we
wanted it to be: super! We can't wait to move out here and make this our
backyard :) We acquired a new game for the flip pac: the mancala, and yes, I
lose as much as I did for the Othello! Brendan won't tell me his tricks.
Fine :) Today is a rest day, and Brendan is studying for an interview on
Tuesday with the big dude from the paramedic school he would like to start
in in January. So I am reading all the books I have piled up during the
semester that I could n't read, and I love it! The river is just too cool.
Climbing hard, eating pasta, chocolate and cheese (big thought for Corine!!)
by the river, we are having a wonderful time. I can't wait to live here and
have you guys visit us!!! Cheers, and talk to you soon!

Hello les amis!! On est a Rifle, Colorado, on grimpe! On a retrouve des gens
qui etaient la l'annee derniere, et des gens qui etaient en Thailande cet
hiver... petit le monde des grimpeurs! Il y a vachemnt de soleil et de
moustiques, mais oin gere! L'escalade est tellement bien, que c'est pas bien
grave. ON a hate de demenager et de venir s'installer ici l'annee prochaine.
On a un nouveau jeu dans le flip-pac: un awele. Je perds toujours autant
qu'a l'oithello, mais Brendan ne veut pas partager ses strategies... avec
son air de ne pas y toucher! Aujourd'hui on se repose. Brendan revise, il a
un interview mardi avec le mec de l'ecole ou il voudrait aller l'annee
prochaine, ici au Colorado. Du coup, je bouquinne! J'adore, tous les
bouquins que j'ai mis de cote depuis la derniere rentree. La riviere est
super agreable, on grimpe, mange des nouilles, du chocolat, et du super
fromage (avec une petite pensee pour Corine!) et c'est le bonheur! Des qu'on
habitera ici, vous pourrez venir nous rendre visite! Grosses Bises, et a
bientot!
Speciale dedicace aux fetes du 17 juin: Arthur et Michel: HAPPY BIRTYHDAY!!

So much fun, so little blog!

In short, the big news are: we ran our first marathon together in 4 hours a few months ago, got married last week, and are heading to Colorado tomorrow! The pics are from our wedding day, and the scooter-limo took both of us to City Hall :)
We are training for a 50 mile race next year, and we'll be going to South Africa in a couple months to boulder, and yeah, seeing giraffes and elephants would be cool too! Stay put, and the next post will have more details~~ xoxo.

Road trip to Utah

Alright, today I'm catching up with pictures and stories, so here is some more! That's the good thing about running a marathon yesterday, I'm pretty calm today and can sit in front of the pc :)
We went to Joe's Valley, UT, to boulder for a week during spring break. It was super nice, bouldering was awesome, the only hick up was the temperature: it snowed for 3 days, and was thus a little chilly. But once we had driven across California, Nevada and Utah, we weren't going to turn away, so we stayed, and climbed! And, tested the flip pac in the field :) It snowed on it, and it rocked. When you cook in it with a stove on the tailgate, the heat rises up, and then the tent part is warm and cozy to hang out in. We were there with some friends too, and we got four people on the newly built bench! A friend did go through, but we swang by... Walmart (yes it's totally evil, but it's the only store there!) and bought what we needed to fix it, and now it's ready for everybody... ! It was lots of fun.

Aujourd'hui je suis off, et comme j'ai mal aux jambes... apres le marathon, je suis posee sur ma chaise devant l'ordi, je suis calmee :) Voila les photos et un petit mot sur notre voyage a Utah pendant notre semaine de vacances de Paques. On est parti avec le flip pac bien sur, c'etait son premier voyage, et c'etait genial. Il a neige pendant 3 jours... aie, la meteo! Mais on allait pas faire demi-tour apres 20h de route! Et est donc reste... sous la neige, et on a grimpe quand meme! Au milieu de la semaine, la meteo s'est arrangee. On a donc teste le nouveau banc, et comme on avait des copains avec nous, c'etait serieux le test. De fait, on a un copain qui est passe a travers (oops) mais tout est reparre, et plus resistant! L'escalade etait geniale, et ca nous a fait un bon break.

A bench!

Brendan bought redwood, and built a bench and a bench/box with Olivier. They built it together, and then Brendan and I took turns laying varnish! Now it's been used and reused, and it's awesome, but I'm having a hard time keeping up with the news! Here are some construction pics. Brendan working hard while I take pictures! Hey, I helped too.

Brendan a construit un banc et un petit coffre qui sert aussi de banc dans notre flip pac. Il a fait la construction avec Olivier, et on a passe des couches de vernis a tour de role lui et moi. Et il est tres beau :) et surtout ca nous fait un banc en L custom, qui est d'enfer. On l'a utilise a Utah, mais je n'ai pas eu le temps de mettre des photos de la construction avant... les voila. Super serieux le bricoleur!

Flip Pac

Allright... This is what Brendan and I have been waiting for. It is called a Flip Pac... and it's too good for a campershell. Have a look. Brendan just came back from having it installed on the pick up, after waiting forever (the company sells only a few a year, and doesn't stock them, so you order it, and wait.) Back home from the shop... we had to try it, I was dying to see! That's going to be the ultimate climbing road-trip addition. Spring break is coming up, and we're going to Joe's Valley (Utah) to boulder, so we'll get to test it out!!! Enjoy the pics. Needless to say that we're both super excited about it... Happy Campers!

OK... Voila donc le "Flip Pac". C'est un couvre-pick-up, qui se transforme en tente! Geant comme idee. On est excites comme des puces, parce que ca fait un petit moment que Brendan l'a commande, et on a trop hate d'aller l'essayer! La compagnie les fait sur commande et n'en garde pas en stock. J'ai une semaine de vacances bientot, et on va aller a Joe's Valley (Utah), ca va etre bien. Brendan vient de rentrer a l'instant du garage qui lui a installe, et j'avais trop hate de voir la bete, et encore plus hate de jouer avec! Ca va etre d'enfer pour nos voyages d'escalade. Voila plein de photos donc!

Photos!

Here is one picture!!! It is the one I desperately tried to post when we were over there... this is where we had breakfast before climbing.
And, there are many more pictures, that I posted on the Kodack website. I sent out an email to most of you guys, so that you can go see them from your emails too. There are some traveling, climbing, jungle, monkeys, bugs, and more pictures!! Enjoy :)

Construction work

Sorry about the weird look of the blog, I'm trying to make it look normal
and have the text and colors popping up normally before I put pictures up...
very soon :) I'm working on it... it'll have ups and downs before the final look!
~~~
Je fais des "travaux" sur le blog, pour qu'il soit tout beau avant de mettre
des photos... tres bientot :) J'y travaille... et ce sera un peu bizarre en attendant la version finale!

Back in SF

That's it, we're back in the city. It is so cool how such a trip brings a
whole new energy to us... both Brendan and I have a ton of stuff to take
care of after being away for so long! But we came back with so much energy
and happiness that it doesn't even really matter how long our "to do" list
is :))) Brendan works tonight, and I start class tomorrow morning at 7am...
so... yeah! Start running now! I thought the blog looked funky because of
our slow connection out there, but it looks just as weird here, so I'll
consult with my trusted favorite tech support person (and that would be my
dad!) and will try to get it to look normal again. I'll get things together,
attend my first classes, and by this week-end you guys should be able to see
some pictures! Love, Chloe-
~~
Ca y est, on est de retour a SF. C'est incroyable comme un voyage comme ca
nous redonne une tonne d'energie! Brendan et moi avons tous les 2 des listes
sans fin de trucs a faire apres avoir ete en vacances si longtemps... mais
on est rentres tellement en forme, que c'est vraiment pas grave! Brendan
travaille ce soir (cette nuit plutot!) et moi je recommence les cours demain
a 7h. Je croyais que la page du blog avait une tete bizarre a cause de la
mauvaise connection en Thailande, mais meme ici c'est un peu n'importe quoi,
alors je vais voir avec Olivier (mon technicien prefere!) si on peut
arranger ca. Je vais essayer de m'organiser un peu, commencer les cours, et
d'ici ce week-end je devrai pouvoir mettre des photos! Bises, Chloe-

Leaving Tonsai

Hello guys!! I wanted to send one last little one before we really leave Thailand. Our trip has been so much fun, and even though I have written some on the blog, we have so many more stories!! It's sad it's over, but it's so cool we got to do it!! I'll tell you about our last days in Tonsai when I get home. For now, it's time to pack up and go. We are now in Ao Nang. We took a long tail boat from Tonsai to get here. We are taking a taxi/bus (a local vehicle, open to the air, on 4 wheels) to Krabi, then a bus to Surat Thani, where we switch bus, and take a night bus to Bangkok. Then a taxi from downtown Bangkok to the airport tomorrow, then fly to SF through Taiwan and Hong Konk (3 planes). If everything goes well, our trip home should take about 45 hours!! Thank you thank you for reading the blog, and posting comments for those who have!! You'll get the last stories and the pictures in a few days. Cheers!!
Chloe-

A few more days

We are now super friends with the pancake man :) and when we walk by (ie pretty often since he is right next door to our "room"), we say hello in Thai, and he answers hello in english with his own accent: "Allooo! Pancake?" He is this old little Thai dude, and he makes awesome Thai pancakes :) We did a walk in the jungle a few days ago, in flip flops...! We haven't had any electricity for the last 4 days. Normally, if all goes well, here on the peninsula, there is electricity (for one plug, one light bulb and one fan in our room) from 6pm to midnight, and we've had no water from our faucet either: the "plumber" has left the island for a few days! However, life goes on in our little room... It is separated from the room next door with 2 sheets of plaster/wood, and let me tell you there is life in between these sheets. Brendan and I both agreed that some bigger animal killed some smaller animal in there last night, and something squealed...!!! I thought they might both end up in our room! And we have one more cockroach for Brendan's successful killing counts. For the climbing, we have climbed a lot, still haven't sent, but it's all good, and our fingers are super dead. Nothing dries out here, so your swim suit smells like dead frog, and that's ok, but your fingers are so moist, they get used up a lot faster on the rocks. Once you have a little booboo here, it's hard to have it heal well! Today will be our last rest day, and then we'll climb until we leave. We have a few more days here on Tonsai, and we bought our bus tickets to go back to Bangkok on Sunday. 15 hours in a Thai bus, then plane, and we'll be back in SF!! Hope everybody is doing good!! (That will probably be our last post, until we get home, when I'll put up some pictures!!!)
~~
On est devenus super copains avec le pancake man: quand on passe devant son petit satnd, on lui dit bonjour en Thai et il nous dit Hello avec son accent Thai: "Alloooo! Pancake?" c'est genial! C'est un vieux petit Thai, qui est assis la toute la jhournee a faire des super pancakes! Ici tout baigne, on est alles se ballader dans la jungle en tongues il y a qq jours. On n'a pas eu d'electricite depuis 4 jours, et pas d'eau non-plus. Normalememnt, il y a de l'electricite de 18h a minuit, pour une prise, une ampoule, et le ventilateur. Hier soir, il y a une bestiole qui a passe un sale quart d'heure dans le mur au dessus de notre tete: et ca a finit an couinement et le plus gros a tue le plus petit surement!! Il s'en passent des choses dans les murs ici! Il nousreste qq jours ici a Tonsai, on a achete nos billets de bus pour notre retour a Bangkok dimanche. On a bcp grimpe, et nos doigts sont fatigues! Ici rien ne seche tellement l'air est humide. POur le maillot de bain, c'est pas grave, ca sent les iles!!! Mais pour la peau de nos doigts, ca s'use bcp plus vite quand c'est humide sur le caillou! On prends le bus dimanche, 15 heures de bus jusqu'a Bangkok, et apres ca l'avion jusqu'a SF. Voila voila!! J'espere que tout le monde va bien!! Bisous~~ (Ce sera surement notre dernier petit message d'ici notre depart, et je mettrai des photos quand j'arrive a la maison)

Re: Comments

Dad: Pour les chopsticks mon pauvre bof bof: ici les Thai sont vachement divises: la moitie sont musulmans, l'autre boudhistes, et la moitie mangent avec des baguettes, l'autre non, avec des cuilleres en porcelaine, genre chinoises, et des fourchettes. Alors autant te dire que Brendan a choisi son camp :) !! Ils te donnent tous ca pour bouffer ici, et tu choisis. Ouais les photos ca va donner, surtout avec mon super appareil! Bisous.
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Mom: C'est parce que tu veux pas ma mobylette? C'est cool que t'ai recupere ta caisse. Je suis allee lire ton message quand meme... :) Ouais, c'est sur qu'on sera content de manger une bonne timballe milanaise! De base. Et puis si vous avez reussi a nous garder un saucisson, c'est carrement le luxe!! Bises.
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Paul: No, crazy boy,  I sure didn't eat the leg. I'm not that commited to please the Thais! I ate the fries though :) Wait til I kick your butt at Mission on the 13s! and btw, Brendan hasn't sent YET (me neither though!). I can belay on 14s... does that make me look cool?? lol. No seriously, I don't know if I am looking forward to ever reaching that level: there are no more holds on the 14s!

Bugs and more

Well, the bilingual postings are definitively a hit: 11 comments! You guys
rock :) :) :)
Sorry about the big bug emphasis, but here is some more... No more crawling
on us at night, which yeah, is great. I thought I was being a chicken with
them, until that same night Brendan said "How much do you care for a little
investigation of the bed before we go to sleep?". I'm happy, I think he
might after all be a normal being :) Today is a rest day, and for lunch, I
had what they have on most menus on the beach little cafes: "Freanch Fried"
(no typo there) and this is actually french fries. In my little plate: among
the "fried", I found... a fried leg. This is not a joke, I promise I found a
hairy grilled roach leg. So for Olivier's comment: I guess the local eat
both the lobsters and the roaches! I still ate the "fried" to pretend I'm
not part of the "white-rich-I don't like the locals- population"... but
euh... yes, maybe we can try another place for lunch next time. We have both
climbed hard the last couple of days. We did go to the island, and the
weather was "bloody bad" (there's a ton of people from Australia and New
Zealand here! So I don't know about Thai, but my Australian is getting
better!). It was windy and there was lots of wave for our 10K paddle to our
climbing spot. We made it, and climbed there. Climbing was great and we had
our own beach for lunch, yeah, with white sand and all. The climbing was
scary, and for the first time I couldn't jump and had to downclimb a bit
before jumping in. It's ok, I'll jump next time. Maybe :). Yesterday we
climbed routes on the beach, and I finally pulled out every move on the 13a
I'm working on, (I am super excited about that route, and I think I can send
it before we leave in about a week. The stopper move for me is a HUGE dyno
to a 2 finger pocket at the last draw. Brendan has his own little pride too:
he has done all the moves on a 14a, and hopes he can put it together. That's
more comments that the climbers will appreciate, but the rock here is so
good. Lots of pockets, lots of dynos, and most bottoms of climbs are sick
overhangs and roofs, worked in by the tides, and tsunamis... It has rained a
lot, tropical rain storms, before which the monkeys seem to go nuts. So I
got some great monkey pictures :) On our paddle to Koh Poda Island a few
days ago, I saw a flying fish. My first :) Was fun.
For Brendan's medic thing, I didn't put it up on the blog, because he was
super bummed. But yeah, these guys turned it into a lottery system, and he's
not in. The good news is he gets two tickets for next year they say. The bad
news is we want to be in Colorado next year. So... Probably not the medic
program at CCSF. Brendan hasn't grown up in a city, and he is very ready to
get out of the city, so it'll be his call, but I don't feel he'll wait
around for his turn at CCSF. We've talked a lot, but he was sad. I'm glad
we're here, it helped him take his mind off of it.
To finish on a happier note, he'll send a 14a most likely here, and that's
cool.
Talk to you soon, I won't translate this one because I wrote too much!
KISSES~~
~~Paul: Have an awesome time in Mexico my friend!

Easy day today

Aujourd'hui pas d'escalade. On a loue des palmes + masques et tuba, et on est partis faire floc floc et voir les poissons... super sympa. Et entre 2 sessions, on faisait les saucisses sur la plage. On a des petits moments de pluie ici, et le ciel est moyen, alors on se tate pour notre petit sejour sur l'ile en face. Peut-etre on finira par y aller seulelment pour la journee a cause de la meteo. En tous cas, on est guerris, finie la creve, finie la tourista... :) Brendan a sorti son harmonica aujourd'hui sur la plage... un succes! Et moi j'ai tricote un peu... c'est vachement de saison! Entre l'harmonica et le tricot, les Thai sont confus! On est devenus super copain avec le mec qui a un stand de pancake Thai... et on vient d'apprendre a dire How are you, and Good. Pas encore trilingues, mais on fait de petits pas!!!
Oh oui, et dans la serie histoires d'horreur, pour moi au moins, je me suis reveillee cette nuit avec un cafard sur moi. Putain c'est deg. Et a ecraser, bonjour, il faut une matraque! Je me suis rendormie quand meme... mais apres t'es completement parano.

Today no climbing. Snorkeling! We rented fiuns + mask and tuba, and went down there to check out the fishies. Cool colors :) Beteween 2 dives, we worked on our tans. The weather isa little funky here lately, and we get regular rain shower with wind, so we are a little hesitant to do a trip to the island across from where we are. We might and up just going for the day, and paddle back the same night. We are finally cured and hopefully done with the germs for good: no more cold, no more stomach bugs. Today on the beach, Brendan popped out his harmonica, and I kept knitting something I started in the plane. The local people looked sort of confused... We learnt how to say "How are you", and "good" in Thai today. We probably won't be quite quite trilingual by the time we get back, we'll have to come back!
Oh yeah, and for the horror story section, for me at least, I woke up last night with a cocroach on my chest. It is so nasty. And you need a hammer to crush those guys!!! I successfully went back to sleep though, but you end up being pretty paranoid about what you feel after that!

Reponses

Papou/mamou: C'est parce que je n'y vais pas assez dans les tropiques!! A
peu pres une fois tous les 10 ans... peut-etre je devrais y aller plus
souvent :) Mais je persiste malgre les inconvenients, parce que c'est pas
mal quand meme!!

Mom: mais si c'est bon le oatmeal!! Je te raconterai les details mais on a
eu des petits pbs d'organisation au debut, et on n'avait pas de cash, et pas
d'atm sur l'ile, donc on n'a bouffe que ca pendant 2 jours!!

Janis: Ouais la taille du cafard m'a surprise, mais Brendan avait pas
tellement l'air impressione, et il m'a traitee de "fille de la ville"... le
vilain! Et c'est vrai qu'ils sont degueulasses. Les geckos sont bcp plus
mignons et fun! Et, ils bouffent les moustiques... good bug :)

Bisous, et a demain, la ils ferment le petit cafe, mais demain je serai de
retour sur le blog, parce qu'on a des pbs de meteo, il pleut, et on a du
repousser notre periple sur l'autre ile... A+

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Don't worry, I'll bring a monkey, a snake, and a gecko (there are lots and lots of these guys, and they are too cool), and that way whatever makes it past customs, fefe can pick :)))))  Then she'll deal with the captain... I heard she knows him well!

Alors la c'est pas juste pour la tourista, parce que non-seulement ca nous arrache la bouche... -ici sans piment, meme quand ils essayent, ils ont du mal- mais en plus ca nous file des germes!!! Maintenant je vous dis que je comprends pourquoi ils ont spaghettis bologaise sur le menu, c'est pour les touristes, et les aventuriers qui recuperent... On commence seulement a pouvoir aller bouffer avec moins de 2L d'eau! On boit pas l'eau du robinet, et l'eau en bouteille au "resto" est plus chere, alors on fait comme tout le monde qui ne boit pas l'eau locale: tu te pointes pour bouffer avec ton eau. Comme ca t'es sur d'ou elle vient, et peut-etre tu arriveras a survivre au curry! Bises a tous les amis~~~

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Bug in the blog!

Well, I'm not too sure what happened there, a few posts were super delayed,
and by the time they came on, I had resent them. So it's messy! Sorry~~
It's ok, I'm a rookie with the blog. Here is a normal message hopefully!
I got super sick yesterday, and breakfast this morning is the first meal my
stomach can keep down since yesterday morning... woooo. I know I've been
super careful with the water, so it must have been from the food. Brendan
didn't get sick... lucky him. I treated myself with coke... it worked ok.
We have climbed more routes, and I got on what our guide calls "the best 13a
in Asia".... nothing less!! It is a really good route. Brendan has hoped on
a 14a... youhou! Lots of hard climbing. We are taking a couple of rest days
in a row, since it's half of our trip... And then we'll head out for more
deep-water soloing.
We had to do a gecko/big bug hunt in out room, because we left a little bit
of oatmeal hanging out. The bugs are huge here, it's crazy.
Sorry, I feel like I always say the same thing on the blog, but I have so
much details I can't put it all on!!!
Talk to you all soon~~

Je ne sais pas ce qui s'est passe avec le blog, mais il y a des vieux
messages qui ont ete retardes, et que j'avais deja renvoye, alors c'est le
bordel! C'est pas grave, voila un petit message normal...
J'ai ete malade, et la ca va mieux, j'ai rien pu bouffer hier, et c'etait
pas joli joli...!! Je me suis soignee au coca. On va se reposer 2 jours de
suite la, et apres on retournera faire de l'escalde au dessus de l'eau. Pour
le moment on a fait bcp d'escalade normale sur la page, et c'est genial. On
a eu des margouillas et cafards geants dans notre chambre, parce qu'on a
laisse trainer des restes de bouffe... pas bcp hein, mais ca a suffit! Les
insectes sont enormes ici, c'est tropical!
J'ai l'impression de tjs ecrire la meme chose sur le blog, mais c'est dur de
tout raconter en details, il y a trop de choses a dire!!
A+ ~~

New year

Hi again!
The new year start was a little rough on us: we both got sick... yep,
checked! I got a cold, and my stomach has been a little funky... & Brendan's
stomach is definitively unhappy. Nothing too bad though, and we are feeling
much better today. I went over everybody's comments, finally, and they're
all very cool! Here are a few words back:
Paul: yeah, Don pedro is actually 3 people: my mom, my dad, and my sister :)
so the competition is uneven.
Papou et mamou: je vous embrasse tous les deux, et bonne annee!
Don Pedro: fefe, super l'echarpe, j'ai hate de voir :) Mom, je pense bien a
toi, ici le hammac ils maitrisent, et l'eau est chaude! Dad: je prends des
photos, super la carte :)
Minnie: Grosses Bises, j'espere que ca va les messages en anglais!
Les Ruyer: je suis contente de savoir que ca le fait quand meme les mails en
anglais :) "I shitted on myself" c'est je me suis chie dessus! Bises.
Michel et Janis: Gros Bisous, je suis sure que vous suivez tout, Brendan
veut pas ecrire, mais il lit!
And everybody else too: Happy new year :) I hope I didn't forget anybody, if
I did, I'll write again later :) And I saw I did a million typos, the key
board is all faded, and I'm trying to write fast... so yeah, things get
messy.

We did two more days of deep water soloing, and yesterday, we took it easy
and did routes (with a rope then). We're planning a little trip to Poda
Island, about 6 miles away. We're thinking kayaking there, spend a couple
days, sleep on the beach, and climb what's there. Our guide book says the
climbs are really good over there.
I'm going to try to put a picture up, because we had a little thought for
all of you this morning, and took a low resolution picture, just for you
guys... but I'm going to send that before I try, because I'm not too sure
how it'll work out!
Chloe-

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En fait je ne sais pas si c'est moi ou l'ordi qui a deconne, parce que les
gens autour de moi on eu des pbs aussi. Les ordis ils sont "fiu" des fois
ici...!
Voila mes petites reponses:

Paul: Yes, Don Pedro is actually my "family crew" !! It's my parents and my
sister. Hope you're tearing up the walls :)
Daphne: Hope you're doing good, I'm trying to take pictures as good as
yours... but I don't know! See you soon!
Les Ruyers: vous allez devenir des brutes en anglais si vous vous tapez le
dico. "I shitted on myself" ca veut dire "je me suis chie dessus"... ca m'a
bien fait rire :) Pour le login, je suis pas sure, peut-etre Olivier sait??
Fefe: j'ai hate de voir ton echarpe :) La plage et les palmiers: je pense
bien a toi!! Bisous.
Mom: Ici les Thai sont pas mal balaises en hammac. Je pense a toi quand je
grimpe, je pense tjs a ce que tu m'avais dit a propos de faire des trucs
avec Brendan :)
Dad: super la carte! Je prends des photos pour toi, les moteurs des bateau
Thai sont trop comiques, on te montrera. Hey tu sais pour la question de
login des Ruyer?
Michel et Janis: Brendan ne veux pas ecrire, mais il lit!! Pas de photos
malheureusement, mais on vous montrera tous ca en rentrant :)
Papou et mamou: c'est super d'avoir mes grands-parents qui suivent!!
J'espere que ca va en anglais. Le climat Thailandais me rappelle Tahiti,
mais je me fais moins bouffer par les moustiques!
Minnie: je suis trop contente que tu puisses suivre aussi. C'est genial
d'avoir sa petite famille! J'ai fait comme tu m'as dit pour les passeports,
pour le moment on n'a eu aucun probleme.

On est en train de faire des preparatifs pour faire une petite escursion a 6
miles d'ici, sur l'ile Koh Poda, ou il parait que l'escalade au dessus de
l'eau est geniale. On va y aller en kayak et surement camper sur la plage,
et revenir le lendemain. J'ai vu que dans les autres emails j'ai fait des
millions de fautes de frappe, les claviers sont tous deteints ici, et je
tape trop vite sans relire... alors forcement c'est le bordel :))) Bises a
toute la bande, et Bonne Annee!!

Hope everybody is doing good, I just answered my frenchy friends and family
comments, and the others too. We're planning a kayak trip to another island,
where we want to do more deep water soloing, and camp on the beach for a
night. Sorry about all the typos in the previous posts, the key boards are
faded, and I'm trying to type fast...! Talk to you soon, and Happy New
year!!
PS I guess the pic didn't make it hein? Oh well, I tried :)

Old message saved...

I had issues with the blog after the picture thing, and I think we're back
in business. Here is an older posting that I recovered from my "sent"
folder"...

En fait je ne sais pas si c'est moi ou l'ordi qui a deconne, parce que les
gens autour de moi on eu des pbs aussi. Les ordis ils sont "fiu" des fois
ici...!
Voila mes petites reponses:

Paul: Yes, Don Pedro is actually my "family crew" !! It's my parents and my
sister. Hope you're tearing up the walls :) Yes, the Thai food did its
thing. But we heard it's a one time deal and then you're done for your trip,
so, done! I think you count for 2 with Wendy :)
Daphne: Hope you're doing good, I'm trying to take pictures as good as
yours... but I don't know! See you soon!
Les Ruyers: vous allez devenir des brutes en anglais si vous vous tapez le
dico. "I shitted on myself" ca veut dire "je me suis chie dessus"... ca m'a
bien fait rire :) Pour le login, je suis pas sure, peut-etre Olivier sait??
Bises.
Fefe: j'ai hate de voir ton echarpe :) La plage et les palmiers: je pense
bien a toi!! J'espere que ca va le faire a Pharmaca! Bisous.
Mom: Ici les Thai sont pas mal balaises en hammac. Je pense a toi quand je
grimpe, je pense tjs a ce que tu m'avais dit a propos de faire des trucs
avec Brendan :)
Dad: super la carte! Je prends des photos pour toi, les moteurs des bateau
Thai sont trop comiques, on te montrera. Hey tu sais pour la question de
login des Ruyer?
Michel et Janis: Brendan ne veux pas ecrire, mais il lit!! Pas de photos
malheureusement, mais on vous montrera tous ca en rentrant :)
Papou et mamou: c'est super d'avoir mes grands-parents qui suivent!!
J'espere que ca va en anglais. Le climat Thailandais me rappelle Tahiti,
mais je me fais moins bouffer par les moustiques!
Minnie: je suis trop contente que tu puisses suivre aussi. C'est genial
d'avoir sa petite famille! J'ai fait comme tu m'as dit pour les passeports,
pour le moment on n'a eu aucun probleme.

On est en train de faire des preparatifs pour faire une petite escursion a 6
miles d'ici, sur l'ile Koh Poda, ou il parait que l'escalade au dessus de
l'eau est geniale. On va y aller en kayak et surement camper sur la plage,
et revenir le lendemain. J'ai vu que dans les autres emails j'ai fait des
millions de fautes de frappe, les claviers sont tous deteints ici, et je
tape trop vite sans relire... alors forcement c'est le bordel :))) Bises a
toute la bande, et Bonne Annee!!

Hope everybody is doing good, I just answered my frenchy friends and family
comments, and the others too. We're planning a kayak trip to another island,
where we want to do more deep water soloing, and camp on the beach for a
night. Sorry about all the typos in the previous posts, the key boards are
faded, and I'm trying to type fast...! Talk to you soon, and Happy New
year!!
PS I guess the pic didn't make it hein? Oh well, I tried :)

test

my last posting didn't make it on,so that's just a test :))

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Photo!

Ooooohhhh... I'm so sad. I had written a nice little note for you guys, and put a picture with it and everything, and I had written back little notes in response to all your comments, one by one, and since I suck with the pictures, I messed it up, and pooof, my message is gone :(
It's ok. We're doing all good now, but we had a rough start this new year: we both got sick, so we quicked back a little, and climbed some routes, with a rope then, yesterday. I have a cold, and our stomachs were feeling a little funky lert's say :)
Since it messed everything up, I'm at least going to try to get that picture posted!!!

We're having a Thai "pancake" on the beach.
Here there serve bananas with everything. I think I can deal with that!

Kisses to everybody.