I arrived in Phuket in the evening.  Whoa, it was a long drive from the airport to my hotel, the Blue Rabbit.  It looked like my hotel is the only thing around.  Across the street is an actual abandoned building, not one that looks abandoned.  There were two very nice ladies waiting for me.  One carried my very heavy suitcase up to the third floor.  I felt bad.  They both were very talkative and helpful.  The room is the nicest hotel room I’ve seen in a while.  Yay!

Yesterday I started at Phuketfit with an orientation of the facilities and a fitness evaluation.  About half the people there are trying to lose weight. They have a weight loss program, a detox program and a fitness program.  I joined two of the workout classes and did yoga after dinner.  So far the food has been good, but the portions are quite small since most people are counting calories to lose weight where I’m trying to pack in more calories and more protein to help rebuild muscle.  Overall, I’m very impressed with the place and glad to be doing this although it hurts physically and financially.

Today I just couldn’t drag myself out of bed.  They have exercise classes all day so I don’t need to do the first one in the morning anyway.  I did three exercise classes today and I’m so stiff and my shoulders and left knee don’t want to work right.  I cried during the last class.  I expect there will be more crying as the 10 days go on.  Or not.

The King of Thailand died yesterday.  The country will go into mourning for a very long time.  I want to write more about it, but I should not so you can watch the new or look for news on line if you want to know more.

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