We took the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Krabi in Thailand. Our first destination was the climbing area called Spirit Mountain. See it on thecrag.com. We had contact with the receptionist in advance to figure out if we were allowed to pitch up our tent at the Eco Lodge Resort which is almost completely surrounding the climbing crag. It was a nice contact and for 15 Euros a night, they led us stay on their property and use their facilities.

We arrived in the evening and they were so cute: they had sent us a video so that we could find our tent spot, they installed some temporary lights to make it easier for us, and when we met the workers who were living on the property, they were playing and singing some reggae and chill songs and having just a good time! They were so happy, relaxed and welcoming.

What a start for our T-Hailand experience!

The property was very nicely built and really followed a lot and clever ecological guidelines.

Our tent life home about 50 meters away from the climbing routes.

The routes were awesome and we enjoyed the climbing a lot and it was nice to discover the different climbing sectors around the whole crag.

Tufa-style!

A pig living in the wall.

And there were quite some other climbers which we really liked after mostly climbing alone in Malaysia.

We met another couple from Germany and became friends. They were very nice and even offered us to store our climbing gear so that we would not have to carry it with us for the upcoming weeks when we would explore the Thai islands.

One special route was going up a liana.

On the top of the liana.

This was the spirit mountain from a distance.

We loved our little climbing oasis.

With the cat friends, …

… the dog friends, …

… and it good vibes and friendly Thais and other visitors.

For food, we went to the main road and the restaurants there. The distance was about four kilometers but sometimes a friendly Thai on a scooter picked us up and we had good fun riding with him.

The way was worth it.

Beer advertisement.

And some leaf spring upgrade inspiration for Rosinante.

Together with Anja and Miri, we went to Kuala Lumpur where we picked up Ufuk, another of Racki’s best friends, at the airport. From the airport, we went straight to our next accommodation. A pretty fancy one but Racki and I were fine with the wish of the others to have an apartment from which we could see the Petronas Towers. I mean, this is one of the most famous attractions of Malaysia and …

… the pool had a really magnificent view on the towers.

Our apartment had an very interesting location. On one side the new modern city with all the skyscrapers etc. and on the other was the rest of the village-style Kuala Lumpur.

This second part really looked like the villages and little towns which Racki and I had visited before in Malaysia. Small shops, small roads, small houses. It was nice.

But the view on the towers never got old as well. No matter what weather.

Once, we had a crazy thunderstorm with a whole lot of lightnings hitting the skyscrapers going on. It was very nice and impressive!

The others went to the bridge of the towers, the observation deck and the observation deck of the KL tower but Racki and I felt pretty fed up with sightseeing and did not want to spend the money.

But of course we had a look at a whole lot of places. Some we had seen before with other friends.

Flamed marshmallow covered ice cream!

Coincidentally the opening show for the upcoming MotoGP season took place in Kuala Lumpur and we spend some time watching and hearing these crazy machines and their riders. And that motivated me a bit more to follow what’s going on in the MotoGP on YouTube again.

We had a great time together and experienced a whole lot and I loved to get to know some of Racki’s friends.

But then it was time for Anja and Miri to leave for Germany. But Ufuk, Racki and I continued our trip to the west coast.

We got an accommodation at the sea. Pretty run down with a cockroach friend, but ok. The cockroach was actually one of the biggest we had ever seen.

We had a good and relaxed time.

Beautiful sunsets on the sunset side of Malaysia.

But honestly I think Port Dickson is a pretty uninteresting town on it’s own: a couple of coffee shops, other shops and no nice beaches.

But there are beautiful beaches to discover if you leave the town.

This one was our favorite.

Nice swinging.

Interesting hiking.

And even some nice climbing. Ufuk did really good!

Here is our tour on komoot.

My shoe sticker collection grew more and more.

And more sticky rice with mango and coconut sauce! It can never be enough!

One of the signature dishes of Malaysia: Steamboat grill menu which you are cooking and grilling by your own on your table.

A last sunset together with Ufuk and the end of a very good time with her. Next stop for us: T-Hailand.