May 15th, 2008 - Bangkok, Thailand

I’ve kind of enjoyed Bangkok, for all people complain about its dirtiness. We’re staying in an ultra-touristy backpacker section of town, but it’s conveniently located near a local Muay Thai boxing school. We went to 3 classes at the centre there, and it was awesome. I may not have been doing much exercise in a while, but I think one of those classes would give a typical Hapkido workout a pretty good run for it’s money. I was super sore afterward, but it was fun to be active again. I particularly enjoyed one of the instructors, a cute little older guy, who was a good head shorter than me. Whenever he was holding the pads he would call out ‘knockout’ if I did a particularly good punch or kick – it’s always nice to have unequivocal supporters!