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

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

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

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

Another early morning. Departed Savannah for Newark at 6:00 am, meaning a 4:00 wake-up. Unfortunately it’s a 3 hour layover. But after all of the flight delays and cancellations for weather and other things, todays weather on the east coast is beautiful, and the next flight of 13 1/2 to Tokyo looks to be departing ontime. There’s another 3 hour layover in Tokyo before the last leg to Bangkok, which is still nearly a 7 hour flight. Arrival is 11:20 Friday night. After 30+ hours of travel, I figured I would need a workout so I will meet my new trainer Fahlaep, who has been at the gym forever at 7:30 for a nice, easy ”Welcome back to the Gym”. Fortunately the heat and humidity in Savannah have done a pretty good job getting me ready ... read more