Friday, August 17, 2007

Foot Massage, August 12, 2007

We decided to treat ourselves to a foot massage. It was almost 5:00 p.m. and so we thought we would do that quickly and then go to get some dinner. They the young girls dressed in what looks like gowns for a evening ball or prom took us upstairs to the massage rooms. We cleared up what massage we wanted and then were seated in big lounge chairs and brought a tall cold drink. Pretty soon they our two masseuses #102 #111 two very young gentleman came with a bucket of very hot brown mineral water in a wooden bucket it felt great. Soon they had us sit on ottomans, still in the bucket of hot water, while they started working on our back, neck, arms etc. This went on for about 30 min. then they started on our feet. Mine were callused and, well pretty unattractive. They suggested a scraping. I agreed! They came out with a towel that had what looked like very thin chisels with no handle just cold steel and a very sharp blade. I was starting to re-think this procedure. Well they worked on each foot for about 20 minutes carving layers of dead dried skin off. It made quite a pile. Yuk! After the massage and wraps I think I had the softest feet I have ever had. Oh total time almost two hours. Total cost about $13.50 for both Bev and I. We may have to do that again!

1 comment:

Jen Ambrose said...

You might want to try MeDo in Shui Wan Tou. It is a little cleaner than some of the other places in Shekou, but a little more expensive, too. I pay 55 RMB for one hour milk and flower massage. But no funny business happens there, either, or at least as far as I know.