Who Me?

I grew up in Kildare Ireland, spent almost 19 years of my life there. From family then decided to immigrate to Canada so I got sent over to start University in Halifax N.S, 4 years later I graduated and still absolutely no sign of the family? (alot of people find this quite entertaining). I studied Kinesiology in Canada, yeah I know what the hell is kinesiology?

After finishing my degree I went to work for the summer to pay off the last of my fees, at the the end of the work season instead of clearing all my University debt I decided to pay a fraction of it and disappear to Thailand for as long as possible. I’ve been fascinated by Thai Boxing since I first discovered it 2 years ago and haven’t been able to get enough of it ever since thats why I came out here, to the home of the sport. Right now I’m training at Lanna Muay Thai in Chiang Mai but have plans to eventually return to Bangkok and check Kiatphontip but who knows where I’ll end up, This is Thailand.

This blog is for anyone interested in making a trip out to Thailand to travel or train, I’m hoping to give you a glance into what it’s like to spend some time in this amazing country and hopefully encourage you to do it yourself. You wont regret it. Basically it will consist of transcripts from my journal while I’m out here, of the experiences I’ve had, the people I’ve met, and reflections on life out here in general.

Hope you all enjoy it and feel free to provide any feedback!

Alex.

Born in Australia, training in martial arts since the age of 9. My first trip to Thailand was back in 2007. Since then i have made numerous visits back to the "land of smiles" to feed my addiction of Muay Thai. During the month of November in 2010 i had to decide between working a 9 to 5 job back home for the rest of my life, or sell all my worldly possessions and move to Thailand to live and train for the next few years. Thankfully i chose the latter. I now spend my time training Muay Thai, meeting new and interesting circles of people, sipping coconuts under palm trees on the beach and measuring the cost of everything on how much Pad Thai i could buy with that money.

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