Legs after Muay Thai !

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Ok, this isn’t my regularly schedule journal entry, but I have those queued up waiting for pictures. I made the most of my last 2 days. Played some ball with the locals yesterday at their version of Central Park, and if I must say, my jumper is even pure in Asia!

Today I went to Muay Thai training, which is Thai Kickboxing. It was 3 hours of working out and beating the crap out of punching bags and guys in pads. The common motto is “Fight Now, Hurt Later,” which is ringing true. I was hoping the picture would come out and you could see my red ass legs, but its hard to tell with the weird light.

I think I did pretty well, although I can’t kick real well with my left leg. Its just awkward but at one point I did knock the guy off his feet and onto his ass with a semi-roundhouse kick with my right leg. He def. wasn’t expecting it but he kept yelling for me to kick him harder, so I did. He just smiled and said ‘good, again!’.

Its getting down to it. My last 8 hours in Asia. I get on a plane at 5am tomorrow morning and for 26hrs, I’ll be heading east back to NC. Its bittersweet. I’ve had such a great time but I’m also ready to get home. I’m ready to not have to second guess what I’m eating and looking forward to sleeping without worrying about getting eaten by malaria ridden mosquitos.

Obviously, I’ll post more about my trip later but for now wish me luck that I keep my sanity on the plane.

Sawasdee krap from Thailand.