abused by a small thai woman
by andristhailand, 21 Aug 2006 --
–i appologize in advance, but the shift key at this particular 40 thai baht/hr internet cafe doesn’t seem to work much…so i deny responsibility for any of the following punctuation and spelling mistakes.
saturday we met up with a friend of mine from work who just happened to be out here. over dinner, he told us of his growing thai massage addiction, and offered to buy his two dirtbag backpacker friends (that would be us) a one hour thai massage. having just experienced and enjoyed my first ever professional massage earlier in the day (we opted for the budget 1/2 hour option at wat pho, the best regarded massage school in bangkok), we accepted.
when we showed up the next day, it turned out that my friend had booked all of us for a 2 hour massage in the ‘vip room.’ i accept in advance all of the forthcoming jokes about the ‘happy ending’ and the ’special finish.’ i assure you, this wasn’t that kind of place and cara was next to me the whole time…though my friend did have his personal favorite girl, number 24, and i can’t attest to what happens when we aren’t around.
at any rate, yeah…two hours of thai massage is a long time. i won’t say that all the pushing, pulling, twisting, and popping felt good…but when it was over my backpack felt 20 pounds lighter. it’s a surreal experience…mostly i kept my eyes closed, but at some point i opened them to see the masseuse pulling on my leg with both hands while pushing on one of the muscles in my leg with her foot. i had to bite my lip to keep from laughing. i guess i must have flinched a few times, because the woman giving the massage kept saying ‘ok?’ in my defense, though, i never told her to go easier on me.
in the interest of coming closer to our $40/day budget, we’ve moved on from the atlanta hotel to a guest house on khao san road: the tourist ghetto of bangkok. for $6/night, we get what amounts to a large walk-in closet with a double bed in it. the lock on our door is of the miniature luggage padlock variety…no joke. you can’t beat the location, though…within easy walking distance of all the major bangkok sights and with what our lonely planet claims is one of the best bakeries in town right downstairs!
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August 21st, 2006 at 6:34 pm
Thai massages! Sounds nice. How’s the lens working out so far?
August 23rd, 2006 at 10:09 pm
Definitely loving it thus far…I’m finding that sometimes f/2.8 gives me a little less depth of field than I like. Oh, and definitely glad I went with the protective UV filter on the front…I’ve already gotten it wet at least three or four times.