I thought I was going to leave my heart in Thailand, but I am leaving my skin instead.
Today was clean up Bonny day. Started with a good breakfast. Check into airlines and snagged two aisle seats on Cathay Pacific. I read all the instructions and made a note to take my two camera lithium batteries out of the check in and put them into carry-on with ends taped and each in a plastic bag. I thought of going to the park or market but wanted enough time for my person cleaning. Flipped a coin and the annual facial won the toss.
One thing about going mid-day to a shop that has windows on the street, there are very few customers and the technician always takes their time. The bad thing, they take their time. I know that I have large pores and that they always find many areas of mining, but I though with using the gold soap that I had the blackhead issue under control.
A very gentle sweet woman met me at the door and asked if I wanted a mask, sure that is part of the deal. She had a kind gentle look and escorted me to a back table. I took off the ring, watch, Fitbit, elephant one and two and gently and relaxed laid down on the bed. She was wonderful. Lather, lather, more lather. Gentle wiping off…more cream, lotion, etc. Then the hot steam to soften my skin. So far so good… then the steam went off and she began her mine probe. She found spots on my ears, under my nose, my neck, etc. I lost count after 50 and was trying to keep the tears rolling down my cheek out of her expedition. Every once in a while, when I levitated after she used a jackhammer on a resister, she would say, sorry and march on.
After what felt like a forever, slathered with some very soothing cream and then painted the mask onto my face. I was surprised she could get it on since I felt like my skin was swollen but she pushed forward and then massaged my shoulders and feet which the pink mask became attached to my face.
In a little over an hour, she cracked off the plaster, but on some final cream and extracted $18 from me and I was off to the bar for a Leo.
I was not going to settle for a warm beer and did get some ice. I thought of putting the beer or ice on my face. After the second beer, I was ready for the body scrub.
Off to a new place for a new procedure. I have to wait an hour, which gave me time to go back to the room and see if my face was broken.
Once again, a very sweet small Thai woman greeted me and after looking at my skin and consulting with the manager, coffee was the scrub of choice.
And once again, it started out with gentle cream or oil…head to toe and top to bottom. Ah…….
I have a new respect for coffee. I also did not realize how many corners a piece of coffee had… but when you are buck naked and someone is pushing a handful around on your soft tender skin, you don’t have time to count. It is amazing how long 15 minutes of coffee grinding can take. Left side, front side, back side… oh don’t go there…. And right side, legs, under arms …. Finally, into the shower.
I can tell you, trying to get oily coffee off your body without a washcloth is not an easy task. I stayed in the shower trying until I couldn’t do anymore.
Out of the shower and into the sauna. I could not believe it, she handed me a bowl of warm honey and said to put it on your body. Ten minutes of scrubbing off oil and coffee and now I am cooking in hot honey.
Out of the sauna and into an enormous bubble bathtub. She put a towel on the rim of the tub for my head and I leaned back on the towel… and proceeded to go under the water….. The tub was about 7 feet long and when my head hit the towel, my feel went cascading down to the end of tub. It was my first submerge without goggles…and there was only a foot of water with a foot of bubbles. I thought it was hysterical and really had to work at not just lying there laughing. My time was up and I was out of the tub and into my clothes.
I went in with a nice tan and came out several skin layers lighter… and so I end my Thailand trip.
