Mid Trip Break

Two weeks down and Teg and I are in need of a break as well as a Visa run.  Basically we have to leave the country and come back so that we don't use up our visas here in Thailand so that gives us an excuse to head out to Cambodia and check out Angkor Wat. It also means that we can give our bodies some much need recovery time and be right as rain for the remaining 2 weeks of workouts.  


Our break started with a camp outing to Phi Phi island. Leaving early Saturday morning I was a little beat down from my latest bout with 'Thai tummy'...yes that is what you think it is.  I honestly didn't want to head out on this trip but holy crap was I glad I did.  Phi Phi has to be one of the most beautiful areas on the planet. Its about a 45 minute boat ride from Phuket and you find fine white sand beaches and crazy rock formations rising from of the most amazing color water. Every time I took a picture I was disappointed because it could not convey the epicness (I know that is not a word but it fits).

The owner of the gym, Bow, set up this trip for everyone.  We got to do this excellent boat tour through the islands which included snorkeling, kayaking and an evening meal. The image to the left is of one of the island coves taken from the boat. After that we went to a bar called Reggae Bar which included a boxing ring in the middle where, for a free bucket of booze, you could get up and fight a full contact kick boxing match with full padding of course.  This was kinda trouble when 10 dudes from a kickboxing camp roll in but luckily a combination of a lot of guys having a fight coming up on the 9th and me being a huge, non drinking, wuss, kept us out of the ring.  It was funny to watch several drunk dudes throw wild haymakers at each other for a bit though. After that we went to a bar on the beach and just chilled out.  After the craziness of Bangla Rd it was nice to be in a much calmer environment with a lot of tourists. A late sleep in and another boat ride and we are back in camp.  I will toss the full report of Cambodia next...