Muay Thai training Koh Tao, Thailand
Alasdair, 19. Uk
Alasdair is training Muay Thai in Thailand for 6 weeks with Xtreme Gap:
Well, I’ve been a month here so far on the island of Koh Tao, doing Muay Thai training every day [unless I have a particularly bad hangover!], and it’s been an incredible experience! On the Muay Thai side of things it can be pretty tough, and the trainers definitely know how and when to push you – I’m one of the few people training who has come here as a complete novice, as most people who come here already have a few months or years experience in Muay Thai at home – but that really hasn’t affected my experience as the trainers appreciate everyone at their own level [although it does mean that I end up doing a LOT of sit ups - so far it's gone up to 200 after an hour and a half session. I have about another 16 sessions left now, which I'm going to double up on so I do morning and afternoon sessions everyday - although I'm not looking forward to getting up at 8 in the morning for the next week, I'm hoping it'll be worth it!
Apart from Muay Thai, Koh Tao is a really nice island just to relax on [which I've ended up doing a lot of after some of the training sessions!] – most of the time you just end up on Sairee Beach chatting to other travellers or reading [I've met some really fantastic people, both at training and just on the island in general], and although I haven’t been out all that much [mostly because I'm too lazy to after training!] the nights I have been out have been really good fun, and there’s always something going on somewhere, even if it is just the fire show at Lotus Bar or something like that! All this, along with the nice accommodation that Xtreme Gap provides and the good restaurants around here, has meant it’s been a really enjoyable time here so far – I know I will probably miss being here when I set off for China in 10 days’ time!
Anyway, just wanna say thanks for the experience and to the people from Xtreme Gap, both here on the island and back at base – everyone has been really helpful and friendly, and they have ensured that my month here so far has gone pretty smoothly! [although with the occasional cuts and bruises from Muay Thai!]
Alasdair!
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