One of the more unusual activities on the road less travelled was having a massage in a womens prison. In Chiang Mai you can go to the womens prison or more accurately go to the Prison Shop across the road from the actual prison and for around 200 baht receive an hour and a half of traditional Thai herbal massage. The massage is provided by an inmate with casual supervision from prison guards and they are quite skilled in their technique. It is the only massage that I have had in South East Asia where you can choose the level of intensity of the massage. The only downside of the herbal massage is that they wrap a yellow cloth around the herbal massage balls and unfortunately the dye from this cloth stains your body so you come out looking quite jaundiced. All in all though it was the best massage I have experienced and highly recommend it to all travellers going to Chiang Mai. For more details on Chiang Mai go to http://www.orientingtravellers.com.au/ and go to CONTACT US.
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