You're probably sick and tired of hearing about Dan's travels so I thought I'll make a guest appearance and fill you in with what I've been doing for the last 6 weeks of the trip. I couldn't have finished my travels without experiencing some real Muay Thai training (thai boxing) so this is what I basically did for the 6 weeks. From Borneo, Dan went to the Philipines and I ventured off to Thailand, starting in Chiangmai for the start of my training. I was looking forward to it as I was craving for some training and I will be learning from the best. Vishal, my school friend came and met me here, so it was good catching up with him. I trained for 2 weeks here, whilst Vish chilled and did all the activities that I did when I was here last.
We moved on down to Krabi via Bangkok, where I stayed and trained for 4 days, while Vish and Tam did all the tourist shizzle. We then got the boat across the waters to Koh Phi Phi for a reunion with my boy Danny, as well as Becky and Ellie, who we met in Borneo, and Lieve, our dutch compandre through Indonesia. There was some great moments here for example, Vish's legendary push kick, climbing down to the lagoon and a lot of time staring at the stars. However this was where I got my infection, and had to suffer some pain with a bandage around my leg looking like I've been through battle. It was time to leave these party animals and ake a solo trip to Bangkok, where I trained for 3 weeks solid with the big dogs.
The last time I was in Bangkok was when all the riots were going down, but the city has calmed down since and they has just got on with it. Jitti's gym, where I trained was far from the tourist area, so I was focused training out there, with a morning jog at 6am in a nearby park, followed y a gym session until 9 am. Training started again at 3pm until 6 pm, followed by a visit to the chicken lady and an early night. I stayed in a pimped out apartment, where none of the workers spoke english, so it was always a laugh communicating with them. This was more or less my routine for 3 weeks, which helped me lose a stone and got me fit. Dan and Vish came and met me on the last full day before we left, after they had a busy time partying at the full moon, where we had a night to mark the end of a legendary full year away. Krissi came and joined us with a special guest appearances from the chuckle brothers, which ended up being a very random night but a quality one. Peace out x
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