Climbing up the walls

I found myself hanging on a rope about 10 meters above ground, holding on to the cliff of a big rock located on the beach. While I was trying to grasp a part of the huge stone above me I looked around me and took in the nice view over the sea. Feeling totally hot and sweaty and with my arms getting weaker and weaker with every moment, I was determined not to give up and aimed for the last bit of the climb as I pushed myself up one more time and was filled with pride and relief as I touched the anchor. I finally made it. After having failed twice and announcing "I'm giving up, let me down" - I altered my mind as the instructor asked "Really?". And I fought, I struggled and finally made it to the top.


The one-day rock climbing class marked the highlight of my 3 day stay in Krabi and Railey. Or rather half-day climb as I had to change the full-day course into a shorter one after being totally exhausted after a mere 3 hours and a handful of climbs.

During my stay in Krabi I once again noticed that I am totally a city girl, meaning that I'd choose the bright lights of an exciting, cosmopolitan city any time over the calmness of the countryside or a small village or even the sunny spots of a beach. Of course this doesn't mean that I don't enjoy to get out of town once in a while, but one of my favorite acitivities to unwind and reflect is wandering around the busy streets of a metropole at any time of day or night and soaking in the multicultural atmosphere while listening to my favorite tunes on my Ipod and thinking about life.

And in Krabi I simply felt trapped after only one day as I felt that I exhausted the possibilities of walking through the small town and I was tired of walking from one end to the other while having to repeatedly decline the offers of screaming taxi drivers. So by the end of my second stay here, I was feeling really sick of Krabi and the only relief was an evening spent drinking with some funny random backpackers in a Thai-Reggae pub while listening to Bob Marley.


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