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Hi All,

Does anyone please have any advice on what options would be to train in Thailand for longer than a holiday period? Any accommodation options near training camps safer for women?

 

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Jen

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Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu Fellow Traveler

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Hi All,

Does anyone please have any advice on what options would be to train in Thailand for longer than a holiday period? Any accommodation options near training camps safer for women?

 

Thanks

 

Jen

Hi Jen,

Most of the camps that I can think of off the top of my head either offer accomodation at the camp or have plenty of hotel/apartments with weekly/monthly rates that you could stay in. Generally speaking I think most dorms in the touristed camps and nearby apartments are all pretty safe. What I'd be more aware of, rather than actually worrying about it, is understanding cultural boundaries and would never let any men/boys from the gym come to my room and definitely not INTO the room. I'd make that space a really strong boundary line.

In my personal experience, when you find an apartment or hotel (they're largely the same here in Thailand) that has other westerners staying there, they tend to group you together. So there will be a floor that is mostly westerners and maybe other floors that are Thai college students, etc. So long as you don't get any intuitively bad feelings about your neighbors, I'd reckon just the same safety precautions you take at home are fine.

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Hi All,

Does anyone please have any advice on what options would be to train in Thailand for longer than a holiday period? Any accommodation options near training camps safer for women?

Thanks

Jen

 

Jen, do you already know which gyms you are looking at, or the area of Thailand you might want to stay long term?

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Great thanks for your advice! Much appreciated. A lot of the people I train with over here in UK train in Koh samui. Most of my friends usually train in Lamai WMC and super pro. This is mainly the areas that I know of based on what friends have told me of their experiences. Any advice on your experiences is appreciated and taken on board. Thanks :)

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Great thanks for your advice! Much appreciated. A lot of the people I train with over here in UK train in Koh samui. Most of my friends usually train in Lamai WMC and super pro. This is mainly the areas that I know of based on what friends have told me of their experiences. Any advice on your experiences is appreciated and taken on board. Thanks :)

 

Jennas,

super pro samui is not real Mt CAMP. its low level.

Try, sinbi camp or suparawai camp ,rawai kao lak camp.if you wont cheap and little more Hc(advance) training try singpatong sitnumnoi (8000 thb month)or sitsongpeenong at phuket.Great camps to- dragon and ratanachai.

if you wont western style (low level)Mt try AKA thailand or Tiger.

cheap stay-if you wont to rent advance

phuket-patong-studio-apartments type that on booking.com 2 km away is singpatong sitnumnoi camp.

dont go to samui its better if you wont to train to stay in phuket.

best regards

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Great thanks for your advice! Much appreciated. A lot of the people I train with over here in UK train in Koh samui. Most of my friends usually train in Lamai WMC and super pro. This is mainly the areas that I know of based on what friends have told me of their experiences. Any advice on your experiences is appreciated and taken on board. Thanks :)

I know quite a few women in Phuket, one or two who have been in Samui and train there regularly. One of my friends is a serious fighter and is getting some good fights at a stadium in Samui. If you're getting advice from friends it's probably good to follow it, since they have shared experience back home with you and would know what you are and are not looking for. Every gym does not fit every person, so what is a great gym for one person may be no good for another and vice versa.

Generally speaking, I advise against paying in advance. You simply don't know if a place is right for you before walking in the door and if you decide within the first week that you aren't happy but have already paid upfront, well... you're kinda screwed. Usually there are a few gyms within pretty close distance of each other (close enough that you can try them both or move if you don't like the first place you land), so while I don't think you have to go around and sample different gyms, knowing that you also don't have to stay if you don't like it.

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