Friday, December 19, 2008

Ringside at Muay Thai

A few notes from "The City of Angels" (known to non-Thai people as "Bangkok"):

Last night I had a ringside seat at a Muay Thai match (that's Thai kickboxing); literally close enough to be sprayed with the sweat of the boxers. From the starting some clarinet-like instrument begins playing and bongo drums are pounded, creating a heart-pounding atmosphere. The crowd is electrified with excitement, and cheers loudly with each landed blow; louder still for 3 successive hits. I was surprised to see that many of the boxers were only about 12 years old!
I did take some video of the event, but unfortunately I won't be able to upload my videos to the blog until I'm back in Canada.

Tom yum kung (spicy Thai soup) will burn a hole through you like the fires of hell.

There sure are a lot of lady boys here!

My internet time is up!

Ian

1 comment:

Jeff said...

HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TOM YUM KUN ITS A SPICY SOUR SWEET SOUP FROM THAILAND WHATS THE MOST INTERESTING THING YOU HAVE DONE EVER?