Difference between revisions of "Mitch Randall"
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Just after graduating from West Point, a big argument with his father had Mitch packing and he left for Thailand where he, at the age of 21, started working as a mercenary for a Thahan Phran regiment. A regiment responsible for curbing human trafficking and other illegal movements across the Mekong into Thailand from northwestern Laos.<br /> | Just after graduating from West Point, a big argument with his father had Mitch packing and he left for Thailand where he, at the age of 21, started working as a mercenary for a Thahan Phran regiment. A regiment responsible for curbing human trafficking and other illegal movements across the Mekong into Thailand from northwestern Laos.<br /> | ||
− | Two years later, Mitch got badly injured while on a mission in the jungle in the north. Presumed dead, no extraction team came for him, but he was saved by | + | Two years later, Mitch got badly injured while on a mission in the jungle in the north. Presumed dead, no extraction team came for him, but he was saved by Buddhist monks who took him back to their temple and tended his wounds. Mitch lived with the monks for 3 years, and trained meditation and Muay Thai in return for hard physical labour. He left the Buddhist temple a Master of Muay Thai.<br /> |
Mitch then settled down on the small island of Koh Mak, a little piece of paradise in the south-eastern Thailand. He lived a slow paced life on the beach, earning a living as a tour guide and a Muay Thai instructor for 5 years before he was bee'd. | Mitch then settled down on the small island of Koh Mak, a little piece of paradise in the south-eastern Thailand. He lived a slow paced life on the beach, earning a living as a tour guide and a Muay Thai instructor for 5 years before he was bee'd. |