A Day of Rest. Sort Of.

Day 13 – June 26, 2016

Sunday

Today was a rest day. There is no LDS church on Koh Samui so we weren’t able to attend church. And we don’t have a car or driver so the plan was to rest from our travels and just relax. We probably should have done a better job at doing Sunday stuff but we did rest for most of the day. We had an Indian Jones marathon movie day, watching all of the first three movies! Calvin read an entire book. We caught up on a bit of journaling and we swam in the pool to cool off. We had to. The heat is real. The AC is weak.

By the end of the day, I was feeling restless again. Jeff and I walked down to the Family Mart to buy a few supplies we needed and I saw a Muay Thai gym that offered daily walk-in classes. I knew the kids would love it! Jeff wasn’t too thrilled to try martial arts at age 45, but he loves me so he came along. It was actually tons of fun. And a killer workout. They taught us how to punch, block, kick, etc. I mean, we are total beginners so it was just the basics. But it actually made you feel powerful. Like maybe you could defend yourself if you had to. The guys wore pads and had us actually punch and kick and knee them as hard as we could. Then they would tell us to drop and do sit ups while they stood on our feet and we did a 1-2 punch at the top of each sit up. They worked us out pretty hard. We’re all a bit sore. So, it wasn’t quite the day of rest it should have been but it was a memorable experience that the kids absolutely loved!

That is the corner of the deck of our house on the left. It was the perfect little spot to spend a few days relaxing by the beach. 

Our house in Koh Samui.

The beach in front of our place in Koh Samui. Not a great beach because there was a lot of coral and the water was only knee deep. But it is still such a beautiful spot.

The pool is perfect!

Hammocking.