a picture my son drew of a wave on a beach

Wong

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Evan in the ring with Wong
Evan in he ring with Wong

Day 2 of our Muay Thai training and I am sore all over. My old bones are showing the wear and tear they’ve had over the years. After this mornings training we took the scooter for a ride around town.

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Chiang ­Mai

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Our first night in Chang Mai was pretty much a gi-normous stuff up. Ev and I got seperated in a crowd and did not manage to find each other again for about 4 very scary hours. The Chiang Mai tourist police, who are volunteers that work closely with the normal …

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Thailand ­2009

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view from a train window, tracks and rice paddies
A crap snap from the train when we set off to Chiang Mai

Just before leaving Bangkok we visited Lumphini Park which was fantastic. Everyone in the park was dancing, jogging or playing around in boats. If I was homeless I’d live there.

Here is a video of all …

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Bangkok

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Evan pulls a face on a boat in Bangkok
Ev knows how arrange his face when out boating on the river

Bangkok has been pretty subdued for us. We both developed colds and felt pretty rough. We still explored town, Cheri called and had a chat whilst we perused the crazy stalls and had a ride on the ferry …

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Overnight ­Train

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Looking down a jumbled train carriage with people sitting in seats
The inside of the carriage before bedtime

We caught the overnight train up from Bangkok to Chang Mai. It was lovely. The other passengers were friendly and we all exchanged travel stories. The staff bought us food and we settled in for a long journey.

Evan with food
Still recovering, hot but not …
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Still sick, want ­bike

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A trike bike, thai style
I could not get enough of the wheeled contraptions

Ev seems to be staging a recovery. I’m still dying though. Not much time left now, I leave everything I own to Scampi. Good Dog. Except my super sports socks, I’d like to be shot into the sun with …

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Yum Cha for ­Colds

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Ev looking unwell eating soup
We tried some Tom Yum and Coke for breakfast yesterday. The lady in the stall thought it would be good for our colds. I’m not sure Evan enjoyed it.

Our first few days here have not been going so well. Evan and I both seem to have come down …

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Day 1 - In ­Hualampong

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What follows are some posts of our trip to Chiang Mai where Ev and I spent a month training at Lanna Muay Thai. This is the first post.

Well, we survived the flight and made it into Bangkok, we stayed at a place called Cosy Bangkok. Highly recommended if you …

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Shark ­Attack

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We went to the Curryfest last weekend which was pretty good. Of course we ended up spending most of the time with Emrys in the playpark with hundreds of kids.

Em at the curryfest
Em at the curryfest

I have just returned from a weekend at Station Creek with Ev. We hung out like …

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Camping in ­Sawtell

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Dang! Yellow is ugly, I’l have to change the colour again. ‘scuse me while I go upstairs to get another glass of wine…

Aaaaagh!! this keyboard is wobbling, Evan is watching a disney (aka satan) movie called, “dinosaur” very loudly. Emrys is sleeping on my arm hence the one …

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Moshav ­Zofar

Katsyuki Uemura a delightful fellow and a good friend
Always cheerful, Katsyuki Uemura was a good friend

Katsyuki missed speaking Japanese. It was too hard to truly express himself. Katsyuki and his friends had been involved in a motorbike fatality. It was something that broke his cohort and he set off travelling. I never got the full story but …

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