Jan. 21, back in BKK

Greetings from Suk 11 in Bangkok. We arrived this morning at 6 AM after taking the "VIP" bus from Krabi which turned out to be a series of tourist buses. Kind of a sham, but we made it and fortunately were able to check in super early, sleep and even get free breakfast.

We also hit the weekend market, but didn't end up getting any "Mo Chit" as we hoped. Couldn't find the perfect spirit house, so I guess that means we'll have to come back to Thailand again. :-)
Our last few days at Tonsai were great. Didn't do much at all. Liz read about 3 books while Jeff spent one day climbing with a personal guide. The guide was great and taught him how to lead sport climb which he can do when we get home at Vertical Hold. Jeff was stoked since he was climbing routes rated 6c and 7a (or something like that) which translate to 5-11 and 5-12's in the US. We think the standard US rating scale is a lot harsher and more accurate, but it was fun for an ego boost.

That's about it. We are super tan and ready to come home. We'll be leaving here Wed. AM and flying back to LA. Hope all is well and look forward to seeing you soon. Love us

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(added later) - Jan. 22 the weather couldn't have been worse as we picked up Liz's wedding dress. It poured rain all morning and once we got the dress safely back to the hotel - we were soaked, but it was dry - the skies cleared. Check out the photo of Jeff holding Liz's dress.