Thai boxing

Check out the fighter on the left-blocking with his leg, while maintaining balance on his other leg. We watched "muay thai" (Thai boxing), the art of self defense, the national sport, in a local stadium, in which most fighters were between the ages of 15-18 years old, and are professional, which is amazing at such a young age. Most of the professional fighters start training between 5-7 year old.

Ao nang-our home away from home

October 19th 2007
So, it is hard to believe that we just had our last full week in Ao-nang, which has become our home away from home for 6 weeks now! Whew. Where does the time go? We taught English in the mornings, 9 am-12 pm, for grades 4-6, as a summer camp. The kids did really well, and loved the various games played! It was just Rob and I, no other teachers and no head master around for the entire week. I ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more

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