Thailand, Bangkok, Traditional Thai Massage
09/11/04 Filed in: Travel
By midday we are feeling a little drained from the
heat of another Bangkok afternoon and Chris suggests
that we go for a traditional Thai massage (no, not
the other kind). He knows a good place just down the
road and in no time we are inside having a shower and
changing into oversized silk PJ's. We enter a long
room partitioned off on either side by curtains and
on the raised wooden floor are little mattresses and
pillows. Two Thai massage girls enter, maybe early
twenties, attractive and very sweet. My girl, Yen, is
maybe five foot tall 100 lbs, I'm 6'2 about 195 lbs.
She looks me up and down and we both start
laughing.
During the next two hours Yen works me over from toes to head and back again, putting everything she had into it, literally, using all her body (hands, elbows, knees, head, fists, palms, fingers, jumping, twisting, pulling, even sitting and standing on me) and all her 100 lbs weight. She asks "is Ok, no hurt". For a little girl she's really going deep, but never too much.
At one point Yen lies down with her knees up and asks me to sit with my back against her knees. She locks her arms around my arms and counts, "1,2,3" and rocks me up onto her knees (my back pivoting on her knees). Well, this worked out OK until the whole thing seemed just to funny, we both started laughing and I came tumbling down on top of her. Yen, determined to get it right said, "this time no laugh, OK" and "1,2,3", I was up on her knees, my back stretched out.
Before leaving, Yen brings tea and asks, "You come back?" My first experience with Thai massage was quite enjoyable, I'm sure I'll return, 2 hours about $8, the laughter and sweetness, priceless!
Please check out all the photos on my SE Asia Portfolio page available at NavaSwan.com
During the next two hours Yen works me over from toes to head and back again, putting everything she had into it, literally, using all her body (hands, elbows, knees, head, fists, palms, fingers, jumping, twisting, pulling, even sitting and standing on me) and all her 100 lbs weight. She asks "is Ok, no hurt". For a little girl she's really going deep, but never too much.
At one point Yen lies down with her knees up and asks me to sit with my back against her knees. She locks her arms around my arms and counts, "1,2,3" and rocks me up onto her knees (my back pivoting on her knees). Well, this worked out OK until the whole thing seemed just to funny, we both started laughing and I came tumbling down on top of her. Yen, determined to get it right said, "this time no laugh, OK" and "1,2,3", I was up on her knees, my back stretched out.
Before leaving, Yen brings tea and asks, "You come back?" My first experience with Thai massage was quite enjoyable, I'm sure I'll return, 2 hours about $8, the laughter and sweetness, priceless!
Please check out all the photos on my SE Asia Portfolio page available at NavaSwan.com