In eight years of living in Thailand, I’d never heard of a local wrestling scene until a couple of months ago. I was at a women’s stand-up comedy night when someone mentioned a local promotion named Gatoh Move. Having recently binged the first two seasons of Glow, I’d become enamoured Read more
Museum Siam is currently hosting a gender diversity exhibition named ‘Gender Illumination’. As well as celebrating diversity and inclusivity, the organisers also intend to educate people on the meaning of ‘non-binary’ and raise awareness of related issues. “Everyone is human all the same. And we hope for people to see Read more
I can’t say that axe throwing is something I’d ever considered until recently. When Ryan Nelson, owner of the newly-opened Golden Axe Throw Club in Bangkok, invited me to give it a try, I jumped at the chance. “I think you’d really dig the sport, being an athlete in Thailand”, Read more
Wang Saen Suk is a temple garden filled with grotesque statues depicting the tortures you can expect to endure in hell if you commit various sins in life. This may not sound like the ideal day out for some, but I’m all about seeing new and weird things (which is Read more
I’ve been teaching English in Thailand for five years now, and as cliché as it sounds, it’s been a life-changing experience. Aside from how much I enjoy it and how it’s helped me to grow on a personal level, it’s provided the pathway for me to stay in Thailand long-term Read more
It’s been a while since my last blog post. I was back in the UK for my annual visit home until mid-July and I arrived back in Bangkok with a month to train for my fight on the Queen’s birthday, so threw myself straight into that. But a busy schedule Read more
If you’re looking for weird things to do in Bangkok, you’re probably not short of choices, but the Siriraj Medical Museum should certainly be at the top of the list. The museum serves as an educational site for medical students and children on field trips, but has recently become an Read more
Last week, I wrote a post called ‘Kicking Banana Trees‘, which described how my gym took me to Petchaburi and unexpectedly had me kick some banana trees down. Assaulting plants wasn’t the only thing that we got up to on that day. On our way down to Petchaburi, we stopped Read more