yesterday i wished i was canadian

So, umm, muay thai boxing? RAD!

Yesterday was an amazing day. We certainly filled it to the brim with mini adventures. First, we finally found the flower market--however, only after a couple hours of wandering the streets of Bangkok and getting distracted by the coolest little tucked away park. The park was gorgeous and filled with lots of Thai students studying. I couldn't help but sit and think about SU starting classes right now and how the exact same scene is probably happening in Cal Anderson Park. Small world. And then the flower market... amazing. It was basically just a couple of blocks of shoulder to shoulder vendors selling the most colorful flowers you've ever seen. I was in heaven. Imagine Pike Place Market but much more condensed and with much more exotic, gorgeous flowers and much much more pee on the ground. Seriously heaven (minus the pee).

And then we made it to the Muay Thai boxing match. Holy CRAP. It was really intense. And really worth the price of tickets. We were three of the only foreigners in the upper, second class seats. There were others, but they all had fancy ring side seats. Highlight: before we entered the stadium we found out that there was a young Canadian guy fighting a local. And we met him! His name was Sean--though the program accidentally listed him as "John." He was really nice and so glad to have us there. He's from Vancouver, so us Seattle kids seemed like a bit of home. His girlfriend was also there. We chatted with her for a while. She seemed pretty collected for a girl about to watch her boyfriend get bloody bloody in a ring with a super crazy Thai boxer. When Sean's match finally came around, we were cheering our heads off...which amused the locals to no end. They thought we were so funny. Sean ended up kicking major butt. His match was by far the bloodiest of the night. He didn't win though, which we displayed our dislike for loudly.

Today I'm off to the coast. I'm ready for some beach time after the craziness of Bangkok. I bought my ticket this morning for Kolkata. I leave Sunday.