I woke up in the morning with the idea that I wanted to go to the Khao San neighbourhood, where we spent our first days in Bangkok last time. Khao San street is basically a backpackers’ ghetto, with loads of cheap tourist oriented stuff. Felipe was not particularly thrilled of the idea, but as I was really determined to go there and it was likely that we would find some decent offers for massage there, he agreed.
After spending a lazy morning at Antonio’s place, we took a cab to Khao San street. We walked up and down the street and located the place that seemed most enticing for massage. There was yet another treat for an antitrust lawyer – the price lists of all massage shops proudly quoted that the prices are unified across the street J.
I chose a herbal massage this time –this included pressing a hot compress of herbs on the Thai massage spots. At first it felt a bit weird, but was quite nice all in all. Felipe chose classic Thai massage – it was quite strong, but apparently quite good.
We then went for lunch and of course, the good old green papaya salad seemed perfect for the last day in Asia. We succeeded in negotiating the right level of spiciness with the chef. So we really enjoyed it.
We then had manicure and pedicure done. It was cheap, but the technique was a bit brutal for my taste. So I wasn’t all that happy with this in the end.
Once having had enough of the tourist stuff, we headed back to Antonio’s place. Felipe took a final sunbathing and swim at the building pool, while I prepared my bags for leaving.
When Antonio got back home, we had a great cheese fondue on his balcony overlooking Bangkok for the last time and it was soon time to say good bye to Antonio and to SE Asia.
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