The national sport of Thailand is Muay Thai boxing which may be listed on betting sites such as 벳위즈. It can be relatively expensive to see in Bangkok at around 1000Tbh for a ring side seat, attending elsewhere such as Chiang Mai will get you a similar seat for 400Tbh. There is more to it than one-on-one battles with Thai men kicking the crap out of each other.

Female Muay Thai boxer prepares for battle
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All the warnings, all the scams, all the touts, surely I couldn’t possible rack up them all in one mere border crossing?
Well it seems the scammers were out in full force and some of them you just can’t do anything about, I shall explain…

Map of Cambodia
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Crossing the bamboo bridge.
I remembered to put up my mosquito net last night, but it still didn’t stop the swarm of ants and mosquitoes which landed 82 bites around one of my ankles (yes I counted)!
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Firstly I’d like to state waking up in the jungle and realising you forgot to put up a mosquito net is not too pleasant. A lot of anti-septic cream later, we set off through the rest of the village passing the nearby school, where even English lessons are part of the curriculum.

School Playground in the jungle
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