
Six weeks of hiking in Baja California, Koh Samui, and Phuket. Here with savvy, smart fellow hikers from Singapore and Zurich.

First, I spent two weeks hiking around Rancho la Puerta near Tecate, Mexico, gasping for breath on every climb. Then in San Diego I spent time with my great sister, brilliant niece, her cool husband, and their amazing kids pictured above.
Then my fitness travel took me to Thailand:
● Started with two weeks at health resorts in Koh Samui on the east coast of Thailand's southern tail.
● Concluded with over two weeks at Phuket Cleanse, a unique place I'd visited before, on the island of Phuket on Thailand's west coast. By this point, I was making serious progress — still sweating but not gasping for breath and now enjoying the early morning hikes!
You never feel like you are in Thailand until you see a colossal golden Buddha.
The north side of Koh Samui had some varied and vibrant temples and statues.
Not every morning hike in Phuket was ideal. May is the start of the monsoon season, but the rain was usually intermittent. Nonetheless, nobody wanted to join me this morning.