Jeff Trains with the Thai National Team

As I mentioned in my Grand Canyon Water Park entry, diving workouts leads to happy Jeff which in turn leads to smoother travels. With that in mind, I encouraged Jeff to reach out to his network to find contacts in the diving community in Thailand. Through this network, he met Nuch, who arranged for Jeff to have a workout with the Thailand National Team at Assumption University's campus.

On Saturday morning, Nuch drove from her home in Lat Phrao to meet us at our hotel, and she then drove us to Assumption University which is located way out east near Suvarnabhumi Airport. I was surprised to find that it is housed in a sprawling university campus with European-style architecture.

Jeff got to meet the national team and their coach (himself an Olympian) and work out with them. After the workout, Nuch took us out to lunch, and then she drove us to Suvarnabhumi Airport to catch the first of our three flights home.

I cannot thank Nuch enough for going out of her way to make this a memorable day for us.Read more