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A Great Body Massage

Well I finally have something terrific to talk about. Ever heard of a Traditional Chinese Massage? If you have

never experienced it definitely put high on the list of things you need to do before you die.

The one I was invited to here in Nanjing is based on the Japanese bath. Men only in this particular club and

there must have been 500 of us. A huge “Health Spa”. The whole idea is to get your “Chi” or spirit, inner self,

whatever aligned and back in harmony with the cosmos. What ever the hell you call it you feel like a totally new

person when you are finished.

Getting there was a lark on its own I should mention. We, Greg and I took a motorized rickshaw there and were

met by our friend who had invited us. I will try to get a picture of one but they are really funny looking. It was at

one time a motorcycle chaises then a metal frame and panels are added. Like a shoebox with 3 wheels if you

can imagine. Two doors (only in the winter), one per side and room for two hairy barbarians in the back or 16

Chinese.

Any back to my story. Once you arrive you check in at a desk and they take your shoes and replace them with a

pair of disposable slippers. You then head to a change room and strip of buck ass naked (just like the “Y” boys),

and head for the showers. From their directly to a steam room where your pores are opened for about 20

minutes. Then to a communal bath (cool water), scrape down, then to another change room where you put on

these type of short leg and arm panamas made out of light cotton.

The first massage is for legs and feet. This is the short one, only about one hour. They bring you beer or a cold

glass of water, coke or whatever. I gotta say my feet never had it so good. Reflexology is low class compared

with this.

All three of us were then escorted to the main massage area. All these little rooms dimly lit with two or three

massage tables. The ladies are all professionals with fingers of steel. They start at the top of your head and

work their way to your feet (again). You keep the panamas on the whole time, very professional. This takes

about an hour and a half (I kid you not). Then they wrap you in a light towel and climb onto the monkey bars

overhead. Why you ask? Well they start the whole process again by using their feet and body weight. In other

words they walk on you. Talk about experts. Their toes and heels find every nerve, pressure point and vertebra

working on them till everything is in place like you were 16 again. After two or three water breaks and some fresh

fruit delivered to you, (part of the service) and another hour you are done. You sort of feel like jelly, nothing hurts

anymore, you are at peace with yourself and the world. And the total price you ask for almost 4 hours of pure

pleasure = 10¥ or 2 bucks Canadian.

I think I will make this my weekly MUST DO!

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