The Arrival

We spent two days in Bangkok to give us some time to settle into the Thai environment. This included spending 5 hours wandering about Chatuchak Markets, devouring delicious dishes of Pork and finishing up with a full body oil massage - Orchid Aromatherapy to be exact. These are three essential things to do while in Thailand!

We made our way to Pattaya on a balmy Sunday evening in a short 2 hour drive from Bangkok. It wasn't too difficult to find Scorpion Gym and it was perhaps more down to luck that we were able to be directed to our accommodation 'Sugar Beat Resort' for the next 5 days. The place is great though - for 500 Baht per night its a bargain! ($20 SGD) The rooms are clean, colourful, spacious and a stones throw away from the Gym (100m).

The Gym is closed on Sunday's though in looking at the setup from behind the cast iron gates we noticed a well equipped open air gym with Punching Bags, Mirrors, Two full size Boxing Rings, a big black watch dog and our new classroom for the next 5 days.


Training starts at 7am Monday morning and Im excited! Best to get a good nights rest!