Dealing with Pain in Phuket

Just a short note to let anyone who reads this know that Tom and I are doing all right and have arrived in Phuket for our month of Muay Thai trainning.

We initially spent three nights in Bangkok, venturing out to see only a few sights including the Jim Thompson House (the American who revived the silk trade in Thailand
), the many huge malls, and a few night markets. We didn't make it to the temples partially due to the fact that I didn't want to cover up again. We'll be in Bangkok on the way out, so we figured we'd do it then.

Ko Phi Phi Don was our next destination. Seeing as it took a flight and a boat ride to get there, we opted to spend one night in Phuket and then catch the boat the following morning.

Phi Phi is a gorgeous place. Our somewhat dodgey accomodation asside, we enjoyed ourselves eating, laying about on the beach, and snorkeling. We did get over to Ko Phi Phi Lai and Maya Bay, the famous beach where Leonardo DeCaprio froliced in "The Beach", but we didn't actually get off the boat due to all of the tourists about. There were many other fabulous beaches with far fewer bodies about.

My lack of writing is partially due to my excitment upon arrival to Bangkok, lack of cheap internet oh Phi Phi, and the pain I now fell from the four hours of trainning we have been doing for the past three days.

Looking forward to Saturday night (we have Sunday off) and the promise of some interesting places to check out down on Patong Beach with Siobhan McGovern, a girl from high school who is living down in this gorgeous part of the world.