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Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok September 11th 2022

Rest day, I can use it. It’s not just sit around and sleep day though. Today it’s trying to finish up any shopping because I’m too tired during the week to do it, or it’s raining in the evening. Got to breakfast late, and it was almost standing room only. Quite the difference from my normal 6:00 time when I’m about the only one there. Decided to take a walk down some of the streets I’ve not been on before. They're all very similar except Sunday morning when it’s all still very quiet. Even the taxi drivers aren’t that pushy at 8:30 in the morning. The walk was about an hour and the plan is for a light workout in the hotel gym with weights. Haven’t really lifted any since leaving Savannah. I’m sure I won’t ... read more
Morning sidewalk cleaning.
Rooftop bar
On the way to Chinatown street food

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok September 10th 2022

I just couldn’t bring myself to walking to some of the restraints because they were farther than I had the energy for. It rained again during the night, but I only saw lightning flashes form the comfort of the bed. I was sooooo exhausted. I think I was asleep by 9:00 and didn’t wake up until 3 minutes before the alarm at 5:30. Not as sore as I was expecting to be this morning. It did seem to take awhile to gather up everything and hit breakfast. There’s definitely a difference in the activity on Saturday morning. Not nearly as many street vendors, or motorbikes and taxis flying all over the place. The interesting thing this morning was at the bottom of the steps of the BTS station, I was yelled at by a homeless woman ... read more
A long way up….
And a long way down
Traffic

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok September 8th 2022

I was planning for an afternoon update for yesterday, but I got behind and had a nice 3-hour work telecon I had to attend right after dinner. Technology is pretty amazing when it works. Don’t really like telecoms because people End up talking over one another, and you lose a lot of information form seeing peoples faces. The quick summary from yesterday afternoon was the workout was very similar to the day before. Every day can’t be great, and yesterday was one of those days. My energy in the afternoon was low. At the end of round 4, I couldn’t even finish the machine gun punches, there was just nothing there. Pretty disappointed that I couldn’t finish that last little bit. This morning felt a little better, and again after rain all night, the weather was ... read more
Take the Last Train to Clarksville….
What’s missing?
Morning sparring - Round 2

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok September 8th 2022

The afternoon is looking bleak right now. I was caught out in a monster rainstorm when I went to the local market. Unfortunately the one that was in the hotel are is turned into a 7-11 so it’s a bit of a walk. Stood outside and watched the rain. The motorbikes and food delivery guys just kept on going. They were splashing through the puddles that were really deep. After about 30 minutes, it slowed enough to escape back to the hotel without getting too wet. Its getting brighter so it looks like I’ll head out to train. If it’s a thunderstorm drenching downpour, I’ll have to skip the trip. There is alot of walking uncovered that will just make the travel back and forth miserable. Of course the rain really starts pouring once I’m at ... read more
Waiting for the Ferry
Teep!
Amazing night for outside dinner

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok September 7th 2022

Last night it rained a ton. When I woke up to the alarm, which I was glad I remembered to set, it was still a bit drizzly. Went for a quick breakfast, but the cappuccino machine wasn’t working, so it was a disappointing start of the day. I did need to spend a little more time stretching this morning. I was a little surprised at how sore I was. As I was walking to the station, the rain stopped, meaning running was on when I get to the gym. Oh lucky me. Today I went for 9 laps. My goal is to be doing 10 laps by Friday. It was a bit tough trying to dodge the puddles, cars, bikes, and people today. Two of the other four guys from last night showed up and were ... read more
Gym dogs?
Gym Spirit House
Gym parking

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok September 6th 2022

Welcome to Day 5 already. Woke up a little early today and decided it would be a good idea to do some stretching. Fahlaep likes to have me kick high, and things are a bit tight and sore this morning. Another wonderful morning today and I managed to get to the gym at about 7:20, even though I left later. Because it was so nice, I took some pictures on the way to the gym. Some may recognize from walking those paths more than once. I was surprised to see Fahlaep already in the ring starting to work with the only other person I’ve seen here every day. He must have limited time because he is here early, and only does 3 or 4 rounds of pad work and then leaves. it’s certainly better than nothing. ... read more
Monks receiving food offering
Further down the road
Hang a right at the Propane and Ice house

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok September 6th 2022

Oh, there will be bruises after today….. The march to the gym was uneventful. But as I approached the hidden sign, I saw someone jogging up ahead. When I got to the gym, there was one other person there, and one arriving just in front of me. A total of 4 foreigners plus me were there for the afternoon session. We were all lined up for Fahlaep. He had one busy day today. I have to say today was probably the most fun training session I've had here, but there are going to be some bruises tomorrow! But first for the boring parts. It was much more humid this afternoon. I was sweating by the time I walked into the gym. The routine began with 6 more laps. Just as a note, today has finished with ... read more
“Watch your head Dave”
A “Before” picture
Why is this guy smiling?

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok September 5th 2022

That felt like a lot of writing for Sunday. I did want to add one thing the guide mentioned. We were in some of the poorer residence areas and he was explaining the living conditions. The rooms they rent are merely a box, sometimes no window, definitely no A/C, and community bath facilities. The reason people rent there is because it’s all they can afford as the minimum wage is $11. Uhh, that’s $11 per day, not an hour, and sometimes they don’t get paid that. There’s more details from the ride to add as I think about it, and a few more pictures also, but that’s for another time. So after the football draft ended at about 2:00am here, I immediately fell back to sleep until the 5:45 alarm. That means lack of sleep can’t ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok September 4th 2022

Hard to believe that I was looking forward to a rest day so early in the trip, but even one day of training here and I was pretty sore in my shoulders and calfs. Very heavy rainstorm last last night. The rain was beating on the window and woke me up. It did stop about sunrise and made for a very nice cool morning, if you can believe that. After breakfast. I did a little walking around some of the side streets where I hadn’t been before. Nothing exciting, just more shops and people setting up for selling for the day. My Chinatown bike tour started at 1:30 and still had some time to kill. Decided to go to the gym and see if that had changed also. Once again, the weights and rooms there were ... read more
Motorbike ride
Chinatown alleys
Sunny day ride

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok September 3rd 2022

Not much exciting from this afternoon. Skipped the nap so room service could come in. Walked around looking for best exchange rate and where to eat. The couple of places just outside the hotel have closed. Not surprised, they were very empty last time I was here. a Couple favorites are gone - Firehouse and the Australian place. There are a few more burger places open, and Bully’s got a remodel also. Seems 7-11’s are everywhere now. They took over the market near the hotel. I checked out a couple other markets, and for what I might want, 7-11 is the same or cheaper. The fir it is showing 29887 steps and 3557 calories so far today. I’m not going any where far the rest of the day. Maybe a nice iced cappuccino from the lobby ... read more




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