Well, I am almost out of here on my way back to Bangkok, where the clean up from the protests has begun. I hear that they've even lifted the curfews, and the red-shirts have gone home (for now...)
Last night was definitely a highlight of my trip, four of us from our thai cooking course went to see a Muay Thai Boxing match. It wasn't in a huge stadium, instead, it felt like it was a back alley, with a roof and a ring...so we had "cheap seats" and we were only 5 rows away from the action. There was 5 different fights. A fight is classified by the weight range of the two boxers. They started at 100 pounds on up to 187 pounds. The boys at the 100 pound mark were 13 and 14 years old. They got older from there...Man was that cool. They do alot of roundhouses, and front kicks, not a ton of punching. Each fight has 5 rounds, and each round is about 3 minutes long. After each "round" they return to their corner (red or blue) and their coaches give them mini thai massages...seriously! I have to admit after my 4th thai massage, I am starting recognize the "moves"...
So it was a blast, and it all culminated on fight number 5 with the australian against the thai. Truth be told, most of the guys were in VERY good shape, but the guy in the last round had some pudge...so we were skeptical. The Aussie on the otherhand was built like a brick shit house. They had one round. The Aussie knocked him out in 1 minute 30 seconds flat. Amazing.
Today, I had day 2 of cooking classes (where I was chopping, and peeling stuff like an old pro I tell ya!) today I made:
1- Thick rice noodles with chicken
2- Green curry and chicken
3- Sweet and Sour Vegetable stirfry
4- Papaya Salad
5- Tom Yum Soup (hot & sour prawn soup)
6- Black rice pudding
Still, all amazing and totally going to make them when I get home, if I can ever eat again...so off I go to Bangkok, where I intend to do some touristy stuff, believe it or not, I haven't seen the big stuff yet! No Grand Palace or Wat Pho, must go! (poet didn't know it)
tataaaa, back in Canada in 3 days xo
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