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Published: July 10th 2009
tea plantation
in mae solang (anti-commie chinese village near myanmar border)ok...this one deserves it's own blog.
last night, we were walking around, outside of the city moat. it started to rain, so we ducked into a rasta-themed bar for a chang beer. we began talking with a couple from the states. D.C to be exact. Austin (the wife) is going into intellectual property law (strange as this was adam's field of sleuthing). sam (the husband) is a guitar player. they have been to a number of places that we have, and got engaged in puerto villejo, costa rica at cashew hill, where we stayed five years ago. small, strange world!
anyway, sam suggested that we attend a thai boxing match. thai boxing is THE national sport. we ambled over to the venue, and 400 baht per person later (around $12), we were taking part in the mania.
first match was two thai boys, around 10 years old. yes that sounds strange, but it isn't here. second match was two boys around 10 as well. 100 lbs. an irish fellow in front of us started to say that he felt exploitive screaming and yelling as little kids were beating each other up. i reasoned that since we don't go
at the Akha tribe
This was our Akha hill tribe gide around her village. to bull fights, cock fights, or dog fights, this would be ok. by the third match (two thai GIRLS - 16 years old - 105 lbs), his morality had lifted, and we were all screaming jackels and making bets. the red side beat the blue side and i lost my first of three rounds. argh!!!
dorota left us tourist types, and joined the locals on the other side of the ring, where the real action was.
another round of girl fighting amped us all up even further, as the girls are more aggressive than the boys, and kick serious ass, while staying cute and demure.
at this point, the irish kids (all 20 years old), us, and sam were rabid and howling.
the next match was three blindfolded men. heavyweights (around 130 lbs), pummeling each other, and far more entertaining, THE REF! the ref got clocked in the face and hit the mat like a brick. great stuff.
then the real match began. men. heavyweight. the guy i bet on looked like he was going to destroy the other guy (red), but ended up with a huge knot under his eye, and then a kick
hey mom! fish heads, WITH TEETH
this was after a delicious lunch at a chinese village in mae salong :) to the head rendered him horizontal, and the fight was over in three rounds (supposed to go 5).
it gets better.
audience members can get in the ring and fight for 100 baht. four of our irish friends got in the ring (probably not a huge stretch i'd imagine). the clown of the bunch, dan, was jumping up on the ropes in the corners, ala hulk hogan (this really dates me, since they would probably sad "triple h"). they danced around the ring, tried to throw each other out of the ring, and bloody lips and general merryment were the tone of the evening. the skinniest irishman tried to get me in the ring, until i explained i was old enough to be his father (when did this happen?!?!?!?!?).
at one point, dorota was given the announcer's microphone. can't you just picture it (uh...i mean...hear it)?
we had a GREAT time with sam, austin, and all the irish brawlers (dan, dave, paul, anita, graham, etc.) extra special thanks to the youngsters for thinking i was in my twenties, cause it was a tad depressing! they wanted me to go get "pissed" (that's drunk, mom!), with them,
Taipei, Taiwan
This is the tallest building in the world. We wanted to check it out, however it was center city, far and we only had 4-5 hours so we went to a temple instead.... but i don't think i'd have been up to it..haha!
this blog doesn't do the debauchery justice, but there ya go....
xoxo,
a/d
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Laila Ali
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girls that kick ass!
now that's my kinda day! i looove boxing and i'm totally with you adam~ i remember all the HULK DAYS but mah all time favorite was also RANDY THE MACHO MAN SAVAGE! (a.k.a. SNAP INTO A SLIM JIM.) sucha asian thing ... the whole barbaricness of it so tribal! in hawai'i cock fighting (hawaiians call "chicken fight") is a major MAJOR sport. illegal~but in hawai'i it's low pro understood cultural thing. nikki's brother inlaw bobbie has 20 chickens. sounds like a great show and how scary ... dorota on the micro-phone! i'm sure she did some damage! ;) i might say that i might even be down to box someone if i attended. hey ... what can i say, it's the asian girl in me! more good stuff please. aloha from america~ c