So I love a good massage or spa treatment and try to have something done whenever I visit new countries.. here’s what I had done on the Southeast Asia trip.
Deep tissue Massage in Nepal:
The hotel recommended a local massage place so I went along one afternoon to check it out. A young girl with surprisingly strong hands beat the crap out of me for an hour and I felt great after it. She started by climbing onto the table as I lay on my belly and cracking my back – she was like a ninja! It was a full body massage and when I was lying on my back and she’d done my arms and front of legs she asked “would you like me to do your belly and breasts?”… eh no thank you!!
Banana Facial in Bhutan:
Ah lads this was one of the nicest facials I’ve ever had. The banana products were amazing and felt great and she spent over an hour massaging my face. It was heavenly. When she put the mask on (on me not her performing a ritual in costume!!) she gave me the option to have my feet or head massaged.. I went for feet. It was just fantastic and cost me all of about 8 euros!
Dewa Ekkazatti Hot Compression Herbal Leaves Massage in Bhutan:
This started out as a normal massage and then the therapist pounded me with what I could only describe as a large sponge on the end of a mallot!! In reality it was a bundle of herbal leaves and flowers steamed in local oils! She laid it on certain parts of the body – feet, shoulder, calf and then hit me with it until it got cooler and then she swapped it for another one. I’d never had this kind of a treatment before so it was really interesting and very enjoyable. My skin felt very smooth and I smelt gorgeous after it!
Papaya Facial in Bhutan:
After the success of the banana facial I went back for more .. this time I chose papaya it was as lovely a face massage but I didn’t like the papaya products as much as the banana.. still fabulous and still only 8 euros though!
Thai Massage in Cambodia:
This was amazing… this tiny little woman stretched and bent me to within an inch of my life. They gave me pyjamas which I kept on – no oil on the skin. She was on the bed with me through 90% of the massage – it was amazing. It was very funny, she had very little English and when she needed to ask me something (like can you turn over) she tipped me and said “It’s just me mam, can you turn over” and “it’s just me mam, is this ok”.. who else could it have been!!! At one point she was kneeling on my thighs (I was lying face down) and her whole body weight was on my back.. that was a first! She also stretched me out like crazy and used her feet to dig into my inner thighs – I know you’re thinking how’d she do that well it was like doing see-saw – she was holding my hands and more or less kicking me!! She had a lot of moves I’d never seen before!
Pedicure in Vietnam:
I badly needed this after nearly 6 weeks traveling. It was as expected with a nice scrub and extra massage – great foot massage!
Traditional Vietnamese Massage in Vietnam:
Similar to the massage in Cambodia I was given pyjama type clothes to put on but this time short shorts and a robe. The bed was huge but she was only on it to do my back, robe off, shorts on! It was more of a traditional massage with oil on skin and it was more gentle than the Thai massage but it was really good. She pressed certain pressure points and used a lot of elbow and knuckles!! Bliss!
odohertyelaine 