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Sunday 20 October 2013

Chiang Mai - "New City" - North Thailand

Chiang Mai, our 2nd stop within Thailand meant that we already knew the approximate price of 120BHT to take us 'Down Town' as they called it was not totally the true value of the service, but we still went with it as there was no other way of getting to our Hostel: 'Green Tulip', a bright coloured hostel located within the 4 walls of Chiang Mai's old City. Got shown our room (see pic), whatched 2 episodes of Drop Dead Diva (very adictive Tv serie - check it out ladies) and headed out for another town discovery in the dark and under the pooooooooring rain this time! Can you guess. Yes, we got Lost again! i must say trying to locate oneself with a map where roads are written in Thai and where locals don't even know there own location did make it harder!
Chiang Mai is, as they say a much more 'tourist town' and we can see why! But it also has a sea side feel to it! 
Next morning, we planned our stay in Chiang Mai; 2 day trek, taking care of elephants, rafting, thai massage course etc.... That same afternoon, we headed to treat ourselves to a Thai massage and facial, 2 hrs of massage (or should I say semi suffering!). WELL you can thank Sophie for suggesting for us to try Thai massage before us taking the 1 day training course as, had we pursued that option, I would have been offering all of you a thai massage to show off my skills, well, I can say you are now safe! Having experienced 1hr of being trodden on, pulled to the extreme, making all bones crack, twisted to the point of hearing all your vertebre snap one after the other,but not to worry They Know What they are doing!  Following this first session of elephant thumping (my masseuse was probably all but a 45kg lady, but felt like an elephant!). We moved on to the Facial, same principle focussed on the face, plus an additional array of all sort of slimmy, scrubby, freezing liquids spread on our faces and rubbed into our cheaks. The  best part for Sophie was when the masseuse put layer after layer of freezing cold cucumber stripps on our faced (reading this, do bare in mind that Sophie nearly has a phobia of cucumber, seeing, smelling or tasting it is a real no go for her!).. So I could just lay there, eyes closed, my head momified in cucumber layer and imagining Soph in crisi mode! Hilarious! ....she was actually OK, so not to worry. My next experience was fish bath where loads of fish eat your dead skin on your feat or legs. (i am sure many of you have already tried this). I was just in fits of nervous laughter for 15 mins! Result, my feat are smoother :).






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