Wednesday through now.......

Sawadeeka!!!!! Hello!!!!! It is now Saturday evening and I am just having some time to sit down and write about the last couple of days........Wednesday was a bit of a bust. We were both exhausted for some reason and didn't do a whole lot. I had my first PT (personal training) with Peter "The Hulk" at Tiger Muay Thai, which was awesome. He is their weight and strength/conditioning guru. Awesome guy, and a great session. Thursday brought more Muay Thai training and we were definitely feeling more energetic!! I just think it's a huge learning curve when it comes to getting used to the weather and everything out here. Thursday it also rained like crazy during the day, which was interesting, as it had been pretty dry since we arrived.

Friday brought more Muay Thai training, and another PT with Peter "The Hulk". Ann was also convinced to try a PT with him and enjoyed it I believe, albeit amidst some good-natured complaining :) We went for dinner at a new spot called Mama's, (pic), and I had some awesome fish tacos, and Ann had pad thai. Sort of off the beaten path, but since I had heard good things, we gave it a shot. Very good. The pic below is of a vegetable called Morning Glories. Not the flower, but an actual green veggie. Very tasty. We decided after dinner to run to the large grocery store, Tesco, to get some more supplies: water, coffee, tea, seaweed Lays potato chips, and this very interesting Thai rum shown below. It was pretty good. Tesco freaked us out because there were holiday items everywhere and holiday music playing in the background. (Pic) It's just a very strange juxtaposition to be in 90+ degree weather and to look at santas. To get home we took a fear-inducing tuk-tuk, basically an open air cab. Fun times!!!!! Friday night stormed like hell and the frogs are so loud that we almost can't even sleep! Ann will be posting a video of the frogs so everyone can experience the noise for themselves :)

Saturday morning (today) I trained in the morning Muay Thai from 8-10:30am. Training isn't getting easier, but I feel less like death after I'm done. Today I felt great actually. And I'm getting to know all the trainers and other people at the camp so it feels more like home. Next week I plan to kill it with a mix of pt's, Muay Thai classes and Muay Thai pt's. We are noticing our clothes fitting much looser. Even if someone comes here just to train, it's inevitable that you will lose some amount of weight between the heat and the intense training and the healthy food. I dread the thought of having to leave in 2 weeks :(

So in the afternoon we ventured to the huge mall in the area called Central Festival. So cool. They had a Starbucks (pic). We got manicures and pedicures which made us feel more human! Got some cool gifts and had a great late lunch at Zen Restaurant. We sped home and then left immediately to this crazy thing called Night Market, basically a flea market on steroids. The point is to haggle with the vendor to get the best price. I didn't go too crazy, but mainly wanted to scope it out. I got a cool necklace, a couple gifts and some Muay Thai shorts. If the shorts hold up in training this week, I will see if I can get a good price on 2 dozen or so and bring them back to the gym to sell. Authentic Muay Thai shorts :) Ann however, thought that Night Market may be her last chance on earth to buy anything and went nuts. She ran out of money by 7:30pm and we had to leave. We'll be back though. So now we are home and planning on a busy day tomorrow to see James Bond island which I will definitely be blogging about! Full day on tap for Sunday!!!!