My first massage in China.

After.  my first experience at a massage venue where I walked out because no one came, this was far more satisfactory, a nice, clean place with happy friendly staff.  When I entered the building the reception staff remembered me.  A good sign.  I explained what massage I wanted and was led to a room by one of the girls from reception.  A male member of staff then took over and we checked that everything was in order.  They then told me that a technician would be with me shortly.  Technician is the term for a masseur or masseuse here.  It had been a very humid day and my clothes, as usual, were wet with sweat, so I asked for a towel.  The girl came back shortly with a towel and a couple of bottles of shower gel and shampoo, and a massage ‘suit’, which was a pair of shorts and a top.

The massage 'bed' with my free pair of socks.  I would like to point out that the yellow mark on the matress is a logo, not a stain!  Perhaps an unfortunate colour choice!

The room had two massage beds in it, as massage seems to be a communal sort of things here.  It also had its own bathroom with a western toilet.  My life was complete.

my own private bathroom!

The massage clothes.  I had shorts to match but was wearing them at the time of the photo.

Eventually the 'technician' arrived.  She was wearing the 'technicians' uniform.  A white short sleeved shirt with something like 'captain tab marks' on the shoulders, a really really short skirt and high heel shoes.  Yikes!  Now if this happened in the UK I would worry.  However really short skirts, and very short shorts are every day and normal.  Still I did wonder what I had let myself in for!  However she cannot have been a local because she understood my Chinese!
The massage started off by her goiong off to the bathrom and returning with a huge tub of water.  She told me to sit on the end of the bed and put my feet in the water.  A new one on me!  So she washed my feet.  Then took the water, climbed on he bed behind me and started working my neck and shoulders.  When she had finished that she dreid my feet and took the water away.  I then lay down on my front on the bed and she started.  She was good.  It was a mixture of sport masage and relaxing massage... a style I had not yet expereinced.  She was particulary good on my lower legs both front and back, this kind of rolling technique that felt really nice  I drifted off to sleep several times, which is always a good sign for me!  Eventually she asked me to turn over, and she began to massage my 'frontside'.  The only problem here was the massage shorts wouldnt roll up well ...maybe they wer made for thinner legs!  At teh end I took a shower and headed off into town.  Ill go back there again, the whole experience was lovely!