Life in Chiang Mai

We are staying in Chiang Mai for three months, so I signed the kids up for lots of activities. The kids and I have Muay Thai three mornings a week from 6:30am to 9:30am.

We always have a run prior to training for Muay Thai. Most mornings we run at a lake about 10 minutes out of town. If we show up on a Wednesday, we run part of the way up a mountain to a temple.

Above is our Muay Thai group on the day of our temple run (the trainers brought a camera to post on facebook). The Muay Thai group changes from day to day; it is mostly Europeans with a few Americans and SE Asians.

After our run, we generally go back to the outdoor gym and work with the trainers. This day (for unknown reasons) we did some drills in a parking lot below the temple. This would have been okay if the trainers had mentioned that this was the plan. They did not, so we were all dying of thirst since no one brought water.

The kids go to a fencing club twice a week for two or three hours.

Ethan lunges.

Logan getting ready for a bout.

They also take voice lessons once a week. Since we also venture out to restaurants or food stalls twice a day, we have little time left over for “school”. At least I covered P.E. on this leg of our journey.

Logan started bringing her ipod for the Muay Thai lake runs. These are her photos.