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When I was told the train from Surat Thani in southern Thailand to Bangkok could be very delayed, I brushed it off; the entire trip costs $34, and posed a chance to see the Thai countryside – it sounded like a great deal to me! A local travel agent on Koh Samui booked everything for me: a shared bus from the hostel to the port; a ferry from Koh Samui to the mainland; a bus from the port to Surat Thani train station; and an overnight second-class sleeper…
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After some yoga in Koh Phangan (no full moon parties, fortunately or unfortunately) and a few days taking advantage of Anneke’s hospitality, it was time to keep moving on and head back to Koh Samui, my first stop in Thailand. This time I stayed on the opposite side of the island from where I’d previously been for Vikasa yoga, booking a small hostel in the Fisherman’s Village of Bophut Beach. This area of Koh Samui is known for its cute avenues of shops and restaurants, and a long…
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Once I regained the ability to walk after several Vikasa yoga classes, I decided to catch a Muay Thai boxing match – it is Thailand’s national sport, after all! Muay Thai is often referred to as “the art of eight limbs” since fighters use elbows, shins, knees, and feet as opposed to using only two points of contact (boxing) or four (kickboxing). This is eight points of contact too many for me so I was happy to observe from the sidelines. I went down to the Phetch Buncha…
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While researching my first location to feature for Global Fusion Yoga, I read a lot about this new style of yoga which only recently emerged on the island of Koh Samui in southern Thailand. ‘A local style found only on this island? What a perfect way to kick off Global Fusion Yoga’, I thought. Little did I know that my five month journey would begin with some of the toughest yoga I’d ever done. After my first class with Kosta, the Russian yogi who created the Vikasa style,…
