It’s wild at Koh Tao right now. We just had a truly great Under Water World Festival with lots of fun and live music. There is a Festival Pictures Gallery available on the Koh Tao Community Website with more than 250 pictures from several photographers. One of the festival highlights was the release of baby turtles and mini shrimps into the sea. another highlight was the life music with a touch of internationality by “Asto Na Pai”, a cultural mixed band from northern Thailand with beautiful gypsy music.
Following the Koh Tao Festival, we went right for Songkran, the Thai New Year. The water festival where just about everybody gets wet, very wet! Hope you’re not in bangkok today.
The next highlight is coming up only four days after Songkran; the next Thai boxing Tournament at the Sairee Stadium. In the evening of April 17th, at 09:30 the first gong will open the tournament. Steve Grayson will be fighting himself amongst many other local and western (Farang) fighters. One of the interesting fighters to watch out for, will be Jesse from Holland. He has been training at the Island Muay Thai stadium for quite a while now. Some of the Thai fighters we will see are
- Hanuman
- Samingchart
- Tawachai
- and Narubed
see you all at the 17th. Get there early to get a good seat. Beer and soft drinks are sold at the tent and there is always some fried chicken around in case you get hungry.
I was on Koh Tao for this fight, and it was great.