We arrive to the taxi station. The crowds form and the offers begin to fly. The going rate is $25 for the drive. We get a connection and our driver appears - Bong Lee. A very chill, yet sage-like, Cambodian "driver". We jam all our climbing gear - including a full trad (traditional rock-climbing protection gear, like cams and slings) rack, two ropes, two boulder pads, our personal bags, the cameras, tripod... packed.
The inevitable traffic danger ensues. We are in the thick of it and Bong Lee puts it in reverse. CRUNCH. Traffic accident. Fender bender. We pull over and the other guy is irate. I mean screaming at the top of his lungs "You owe me money for scratching my bumper" kind of irate. The funny thing was the amount of other scratches he already had on his car. Every crevasse had a scratch on it. We start to get a bit on edge that this guy is going to just snap, but Bong Lee is very Kung Fu-Like. So, after much debate, Bong Lee coughs ask us to help him out with $10, he add in $5, and we are off.
He tells us he couldn't see because of the boulder pads blocking the rear view mirror!
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Welcome to the latest blog entries of Tim Walther, President of Grand Dynamics, Inc. This current blog is about my international travel through Spain and Morocco, during November and December, 2007. The focus: Rock Climbing, Philosophy, World Wide Video Interviews and Living to One's Potential...
The Journey of Self Actualization
This blog is about the adventure travel of Tim Walther and the cast of characters that come into my sphere. The focus of these trip is on Rock Climbing and the universal quest for Self Actualization.
A WORD ABOUT SEQUENCE: These posts will come from journal entries throughout the trip. To read in historical sequence, go to the earliest-dated post.
Please read on and enjoy my perspectives. It is my plan to provide thought provoking dialogue that we can all find beneficial in tapping into the potential in our lives.
If you would like to post to the blog, I need to add your email address as a user. So, email me at tim@granddynamics.com and I will add you on when I check back in.
A WORD ABOUT SEQUENCE: These posts will come from journal entries throughout the trip. To read in historical sequence, go to the earliest-dated post.
Please read on and enjoy my perspectives. It is my plan to provide thought provoking dialogue that we can all find beneficial in tapping into the potential in our lives.
If you would like to post to the blog, I need to add your email address as a user. So, email me at tim@granddynamics.com and I will add you on when I check back in.
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