phuket

moving on 9 days to go...

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October 21st 2006
Well after a week of Tiger Muay Thai camp where I trained hard 2x a day for a week learning from professional thai boxers I managed to pick up the technique and even get the occassional compliment from my trainer Em and a couple of the others. Muay Thai boxing is taken very seriously here and I too have learnt to respect the art, the culture, and the blood spilling sport. After watching two nights ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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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