The weather is great! The temperature is in the low 80s with a nice breeze and reasonable humidity
This is my mani-pedi lady. An example why thy call Thailand the "Land of Smiles":
The massage guys and the mani-pedi ladies circulate among the chairs along with folks selling fruit, various foods, watches, cheap jewelry, pirated DVDs and pornography. They easy accept a simple "mai krap" (no thanks) and move on. Not really a bother. The massage guys and mani-pedi lady remiembered me from past years. It's like a pleasant reunion.
They often bring their small children to work with them. Some sleep, some of them play.
The massages can be done in your chair or for a more complete massage you can move to the sandy area behaind the chairs:
The umbrellas serve as protection from the harsh sun for those who want it. In general the Asians prefer not to have dark skin and avoid the sun. The drug stores are full of skin whitening products rather than tanning creams like in the states. They think that the westerners who bake in the sun are are truly deranged.
1 comment:
Nice post! I miss those lazy days on the beaches there, and I'm one of those that doesn't tan - I just burn - so the umbrellas are a real blessing for me.
Nice photos, too - cute kids, and you got a good representative shot of the "under the trees" massage area.
There's a post on suntanning on my site from December 19, if you'd care to peek.
Happy New Year! Lucky you could begin it in Thailand!
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