Massage Training again
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Chiang Mai,
Thailand
Monday, March 13, 2006
Flew to Chiang Mai on Sunday, 12 March (yesterday). I haven't really had a chance to take in Chiang Mai yet. The guesthouse I booked myself into wasn't great. My room over looked the loudest highway in Asia, so I dropped my bags and spent the evening looking for new digs, which I did find in the end.
Started another Thai Massage course today at the Thai Massage School of Chiang Mai. So far so good. You get picked up from your guesthouse by songthaew and brought to the school which is out of town. Now I know what it must feel like to be processed into prison. As soon as I got off the van I was guided into the school, and then literally held by my hand and led into a room where I signed my name, was given a name label and was then ushered into the office to pay. Then out again, given a basket of clothes and told to change. Clothing has to be polite, no short sleeves or knee revealing trousers! As soon as I had my school issue massage clothes on, own clothes stacked away in the basket, I was pointed in the direction of tea. I expected to be ushered into another room where I'd be checked for nits and hosed down, in Hollywood prison film fashion! (No, that didn't happen.)
My impressions of the school so far are good. They are serious about teaching Thai Massage and teaching it well and professionally.
