This morning I had my 20th Hot Yoga class in as many days. I did a double class yesterday to catch up with Charlotte. I’ll need to do a couple more doubles until I’m on par with my ambition to do 30 Hot Yoga classes within a month. So far, I’ve reduced my body fat by 6kg.

One of the friendly waiters at the hotel restaurant prepares my two breakfast boxes each morning, and I eat them (one with fruit, the other with veggies) with tremendous enthusiasm and the appetite of a vegetarian lion.

This is what today’s box contained: cucumber, broccoli, romaine lettuce, cornichons, bell pepper, onion, cherry tomatoes, egg, shredded carrots, and sweet corn.

Some reading this might wonder why we’ve traveled so far when Hot Yoga is available in Malmö and all over Europe.

Well, first of all, the main reason is that I’ve been at Kata Hot Yoga once before (2018), so I knew what to expect and could explain to Charlotte what she would have to reckon with and the results she could look forward to.

Secondly: staying at a nice hotel for a whole month and not having to deal with everyday chores like cleaning, washing clothes, buying, carrying, preparing, and cleaning up after three meals a day is, to put it mildly, an incredible treat.

Thirdly: though the vast majority of people we interact with here in Kata are not Thai (they are either expats, tourists, or migrant restaurant workers from Myanmar), we do love talking to Thais and seeing their beautiful smiles.

Fourthly, after all the many times we’ve visited Thailand – a total of 2.5 years of my life – eating an abundance of really tasty Thai food at quite reasonable prices (like everywhere else, food here is more expensive, but not nearly as much as in the EU and US) is still such a privilege. As previously mentioned, the Thai food available in Malmö (and most other places outside of Thaialnd) comes nowhere near what we get to enjoy daily here – at a cost that is 4 to 5 times lower.