So it all began in Bangkok when we arrived at 9pm and by 11pm they could still not track down my paddles that were once attached to the kayak and were now missing!!! Finally they told me they would hopefully locate them in the morning and send them the following night to our accommodation!!! From here things pretty much stayed on this level of dissapointment with Tylers gear not turning up and then getting shut down on some of Thailands best waterfalls due to the fact 'its too dangerous'....
- Looking at one we are not aloud to run - Photo Lou Urwin
Im going to leave it there and not go into these stories too much as we have a plan to do a stealth mission through the jungle later in the trip to run these drops and will show you them then!!!
- Where to go next... -Photo Lou Urwin
After all the stress of not kayaking we really needed to kayak so when we found Than Tip waterfall, even though it was not epic, we were keen to get wet at least. Our Kayaking efforts were quickly overshadowed by local kids wearing jeans not only jumping off the rocks into the water but climbing massive trees till the overhung the gorge then dropping in from there...
- Tyler Fox Boofing into Than Tip Waterfall gorge - Photo Toni George
- Josh Neilson on Than Tip - A nice start to the trip - Photo Tyler Fox
After Than Tip Waterfall we headed north for more and more rivers and drops with no water in them. We planned for the rainy season but the rain was not doing its part. That was Until we made it to Si Dit Waterfall. With the threat of getting shut down on yet another waterfall we stealthly unloaded the kayaks and ran them to the waters edge and got in. Lou and Toni went and set up cameras and Tyler and I waited for the go sign. Si Dit was a very un-natural looking drop that looks like you are boofing off a concrete slab but its not. Its a Natural drop with a soft pool at the bottom. Again although there was not heaps of water flowing off it was still a great way to kill the depression of not kayaking.
- Josh on Si Dit Nam Tok - Photo Toni George
Josh at the Lip on round 3 - Photo Toni George
- Tyler Fox with Go Pro attached on round 2 - Photo Toni George
- Toni Georges turn, Si Dit, our first good drop- Photo Josh Neilson
One by one we ran the drop and got some sweet angles. After that it was back on the hunt. Next post will have more. Check back soon people...
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