Thaiwand Cave

Today we got up earlier than most of the other climbers in Railay and got on some climbs before the gazillion "Euro" climbers showed up. We then decided to try and take a short cut through the cliff to another climbing area via the Thaiwand Cave. We started into the cave and found some bamboo ladders helping us up some steep slippery areas. Soon we had to put on our head lamps. Once inside I had a difficult time deciding which passageway to take. Soon I saw daylight and heard climbers talking. I figured that we had made it through to the other side, but Deb insisted that we had already been there before. It then occurred to me that we had gone in a complete circle. Laughing I took a different passageway and several minutes and more ladders later we came to the mouth of the cave on the opposite side of the massive cliff that towers above Tonsai Bay. We had to rappel out of the mouth of the cave on this new side which put us at the base of another wall with many climbing routes. A very interesting way to get to the crag for more climbing.