Im so impressed how much my swimming has progressed in a couple of weeks. Swam 1200m yesterday, before this trip 200m and I was dead.. Next week going to do 2km. The weather has been very cloudy and lots of rain for the last week. Yesterday, I think was the only day, when you could see the sun. Still in less than an hour of swimming, I managed to burn my back.. Again!! Also started running. First times I ran the street towards Chalong pier and back, lots of ups and downs. Now decided, that its better ( safer ) to run around TMT, than on the public street. If you run on the street (no such thing as sidewalks) you have to be alert, so that you dont get hit by a bus, scooter or a streetkitchen going 60km/h.. Much of the ppl running here, run the TMT lap, which is about 200m. So if you run it 10-20times, you get a good warm up.
Talking about street safety, talked to a nice dude from Egypt. He arrived 2 weeks ago but started training yesterday. Why? He showed his arm, which looked still pretty nasty. Phuket street tattoo.. He had an accident with his newly rented scooter.. So he hasnt been training for two weeks.. Sucks if
your trip lasts for month. He said that in Egypt, they drive on the right side, like in Finland. So it is very confusing at the start and the traffic rules? What rules, hah. Read an article before coming here, that in Phuket, on average one turist dies on every other day from traffic collisions.. Pretty damn scary sounding statistic. So decided, that im going to keep my own ass safe! What also suprises me, is that pretty much nobody wears helmet when driving. It is recommended and looking at the facts, I think stupid if you dont wear any.
Just came back from training, had a nice fish filet and now going to take a nap. Going to no gi bjj
later tonight. Stay tuned! When the weather gets better, Im going to take more pictures ans post them here!
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