Thai Massage

I've just returmed from having a very-much-needed Thai massage... 1 hour special for less about $6 that lasted over an hour. I walked past a massage parlour that looked like a medical facility and was chokkas with Thai people having their bodies rubbed and twisted. A good sign, I thought. Anyhow, my body was rubbed, smacked, stepped on, twisted, cracked and elbowed for over an hour and it now feels so damn good. My shoulders are still very knotted, but I'd need to pound them with a hammer to release them of tension, they are that bad.

Well, I am staying on Khao San Road for the night. It's the place to go if you want really cheap accommodation, which I do want! I'm staying in a guesthouse above a bar/cafe and I swear it's the same one that Leo stayed in on The Beach. Carboard thin bright aqua walls, nothing but two rigid single beds situated side-by-side and a clinkedy-clonk fan. It sort of feels like I have been sent to prison, though I'm sure Aussie jail cells are nicer than my room. I doubt I'll get a great night's sleep seeing as though the sound of traffic outside my room is annoyingly loud and I can hear the conversations of the two pommy lads in the room next to me very clearly. But what can one expect for less than $5 a night for a double room?