Lumphini Stadium Bangkok

Today Micha flew to Bangkok to join Bobby and me on our travelling adventure. It was so great to see Micha again; we met him at the airport and I couldn't stop smiling and hugging him when he arrived. I can’t believe how much I had missed him; It’s quite random to see him here in Thailand but I’m not complaining! :-)

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Since we only have 2 days in Bangkok we wanted to get an early start, even though it seems like we've been awake for days. I thought it would be a bit easier with the time change, the day started out good but I think it may have been adrenaline.

First thing, we had to find out what this $5hr thai massage was all about... Turns out I could …

I checked out of Asia Hotel and headed for the new, cheaper hotel, Bamluphu Place (or something like that), which is on the other side of the city. After checking in I made the short tuk-tuk ride to the Grand Palace. You'll notice women wandering around with similar looking shirts on and that's because they have to cover their arms and legs, so …

... Pad Thai among many others dishes.  We really enjoyed the energy and entertainment of a Thai Kickboxing match in Lumphini Stadium; whizzed around on the futuristic BTS Skytrain to all the best shopping districts; did some sightseeing when ...

... of different kinds of beer and had a stage where there was live Thai pop performances. One other memorable outing was to Lumphini stadium where we witnessed 7 or so Muay Thai kickboxing matches. While we had to pay probably three times as much as native ...

... for a long time now was Muay Thai (Thai Boxing). There was no better place to see it than in the capital, especially at Lumphini Stadium which is the oldest and most famous of them all.  We decided to catch the sky train the day before (fights are ...

... (mind you, our bags are already too heavy). We also decided to go to a proper Muay Thai boxing match in the famous Lumphini stadium. We had ringside seats so right where the action was. It was really cool! We saw the little dances/ceremonial things they ...

... expensive for a full on night but enjoyable nonetheless. The second night we wanted to go and see the Kick-boxing at the Lumphini Stadium but we were disappointed when we found that the cheapest seats were 1000 baht each (about 50 quid for 3). Too much ...

... The unique thing about this fight is that Steve..for his first ever pro thai fight was fighting in LUMPHINI STADIUM!!!! Lumphini stadium is the #1 fighting venue in Thailand (and arguably for all of Muay Thai)! It just goes to show the influence that ...

... 1 month at Legacy gym. I will have to miss about 3 days of training...my friend Steve that I met at Por Pramuk is making his Lumphini Stadium debut on March 17th.and since I have to do one final VISA run for my last 30 days in Thailand..I told him I'd be ...

... up with friends, however, we did manage to imbibe some of the local culture on our visit to a Thai boxing match at Lumphini Stadium, where a band of old maestros donning green velvet jackets played a curious array of instruments in time to the pace of ...

... .... hence I went down to the 'L' (Lumphini Stadium) to see the Friday night choice of sports in Bangkok - Muay Thai/Thai Kickboxing. Lumphini Stadium makes Festival Hall in Melbourne look modern. Its a old wooden and tin roofed Coliseum that is a fire ...

... on to Wat Pho, the oldest temple in Bangkok, houses a 46m reclining Buddha - see photo. Headed off in the evening to The Lumphini Stadium to watch 8 bouts of Thai boxing. This is a must-do if you are in Thailand. Buy the cheaper 500 Baht tickets and ...