Today was a very active day. I woke up and went to the beach to do some push ups and stretches. After waking up my body I walked the beach and the streets of Koh Tao to get an understanding of the city. I always like aimlessly wandering a new place, you always seem to stumble upon some cool places. I spent the majority of the morning running around the island looking for a working ATM. All of the shops and restaurants here only accept cash. After going to over 5 different ATMS and none of them working I gave up and decided to go read some of my book. Zach and I met up for lunch around 1300 at Flower restaurant and we had really good mango sticky rice and pad Thai. In the afternoon I played footvolley with some Israelis on the beach. The beach near my hostel is literally filled with Israelis. It is almost like they just all came from Tel Aviv to this 10m strip of beach in Koh Tao, doing the same exact things. After a good round of footvolley I went to train Muay Thai at a local gym. This was my first time properly training and I learned the proper footwork and form. I never realized how tactical and precise martial arts is. From the angle you throw a punch to the timing of the footwork to make sure you are balanced. I really enjoyed the two hour session and I learned a lot. It was a really good workout too, working my whole body. After finishing Muay Thai I went to the beach to catch sunset. To my surprise a beach volleyball net was set up, my favorite! I was able to play three games and played really well. I like beach volleyball a lot. At night Zach and I met up again and had a great dinner. I had a full white snapper. We drank some kombucha after dinner instead of alcohol to not ruin the active, healthy day I had.
