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Let the Thailand Adventure Begin!
Well, here is our first (out of many to come) blogs from Thailand! We have been in Thailand for almost a month now and have been moving around and doing so much that we haven't had time to sit down and do some blogging...but better late than never!
Our journey in Thailand started off in Phuket. We stayed at a resort along the harbor in an …
Be the Tiger, Jackson. Be the Tiger...
... to appreciate the last of the unhealthy eating before we start Muay Thai!
18th Nov: Raining today, have a wander around and almost brave the cinema but we'll freeze without hoodies. Not sure why cinemas in hot countries are set at sub-zero temperatures. Catch the bus to Chalong Beach where our Muay Thai camp, Tiger, is based and check into Forest Bungalows – my home for the next month. My room is lovely, with air-con and TV with film channels in ...
Transportation in Phuket...X(
... coast going through each town and past each beach. but the public bus doesn't use the road, they go inland to one destination at a time so you either use the bus more or hire a taxi. they also stop running at 5 so you are more apt to need a taxi. when we arrived in phuket there was a desk of taxi drivers asking to take us to town (2 KM) for 400 TBH which is about the same amount we spend on accommodation. it would be like a taxi driver ...
Swimming with black tip reef sharks
... around in the hut roof but as it was pitch black we had no idea where they were exactly. Soon after this came a huge thunderstorm, the thunder was so loud and right above us. It carried on for ages and was pretty scary. We spent the rest of the night trying to get some sleep and as it got to dawn we thought we might get an hour or two but no, then came the resident cockerel! That had literally parked itself right on our huts balcony and cock-a-bloody-dood for next few hours. We decided ...
What a difference a bucket makes!
So after sitting in a
café all day the rain eased off and we decided to go out to a few bars, as we
were practically living inside the Irish bar…that's how close our new hotel was
to it. We got there and hit the buckets; it was a cool bar with writing all
over the walls and everyone having a boogie.
As we were sat down 3 guys came over and started chatting to
us, Chris, Christoff ...