Surprise a new massage recommendation. It's taken awhile to find a good one in the top North, & to be honest I'd stopped looking & trying.
However, I've found a new winner, Ms Nui @ Nicha Massage.
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I've had a few massages over the decades here & most of them are not great, and in fact you have to try a lot of gals to get a really good massage.
If you don't know the shop or the gal, then it is just pot luck & you get the next masseuse in the queue, and if she's young & sexy, well she's normally just looking to get you for a happy ending, or start even, to make some fast baht. So most of them are not worth the time or money.
A good massage should be 2 hours, & as a general rule the older & bigger the gal the better the massage.
The GTR tip is to try a foot massage first, & if it's well done then go for for a 2-hour traditional Thai massage.
Another GTR tip is to go for a 2 hr massage, not 1 hour! A 1 hour massage is rushed & not enough time to really work over the body properly & get all that blood flowing nicely again.
There used to be a couple of superb gals in MHS @ the Ban Thai Massage, Tanya the owner & But the worker. Sadly both of them married farang & left MHS. But was the best though, & I have fond memories of a group of us guys going to MHS for a massage with But & having to get in a queue, she was so good for a traditional Thai massage, no hanky panky.
My next best massage gal for a few years was Ms Pum in Chiang Mai, but she also married and moved on.
It's been awhile to find another seriously good one & since I've been in the top north, I've actually given up.
However as fate would have it, walking to / from my hotel the Sabai Inn, to check up on the re-fitting of my spotlights on the bike I had to walk past several massage joints repeatedly by the hotel. I've looked at them & the gals many times, but could not get motivated to make another "failed investment."
That is until yesterday, with extra time to kill, a couple of hours. Perfect for a 2 hr test run. The previous day I had an excellent foot massage, to ease my feet & bloody toes from a pair of ill fitting boots, but that's another story; and thought why not, let's give the same gal a test.
I was not disappointed. Ms Nui, a 20 yrs plus massage veteran is the real deal. Excellent massage & lung has a spring in his step again. I shall return frequently.
Highly recommended.
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However, I've found a new winner, Ms Nui @ Nicha Massage.
Nicha Traditional Thai Massage · 194 Sanambin Rd, Tambon Rop Wiang, Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai 57000, Thailand
âââââ · Thai massage therapist
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I've had a few massages over the decades here & most of them are not great, and in fact you have to try a lot of gals to get a really good massage.
If you don't know the shop or the gal, then it is just pot luck & you get the next masseuse in the queue, and if she's young & sexy, well she's normally just looking to get you for a happy ending, or start even, to make some fast baht. So most of them are not worth the time or money.
A good massage should be 2 hours, & as a general rule the older & bigger the gal the better the massage.
The GTR tip is to try a foot massage first, & if it's well done then go for for a 2-hour traditional Thai massage.
Another GTR tip is to go for a 2 hr massage, not 1 hour! A 1 hour massage is rushed & not enough time to really work over the body properly & get all that blood flowing nicely again.
There used to be a couple of superb gals in MHS @ the Ban Thai Massage, Tanya the owner & But the worker. Sadly both of them married farang & left MHS. But was the best though, & I have fond memories of a group of us guys going to MHS for a massage with But & having to get in a queue, she was so good for a traditional Thai massage, no hanky panky.
My next best massage gal for a few years was Ms Pum in Chiang Mai, but she also married and moved on.
It's been awhile to find another seriously good one & since I've been in the top north, I've actually given up.
However as fate would have it, walking to / from my hotel the Sabai Inn, to check up on the re-fitting of my spotlights on the bike I had to walk past several massage joints repeatedly by the hotel. I've looked at them & the gals many times, but could not get motivated to make another "failed investment."
That is until yesterday, with extra time to kill, a couple of hours. Perfect for a 2 hr test run. The previous day I had an excellent foot massage, to ease my feet & bloody toes from a pair of ill fitting boots, but that's another story; and thought why not, let's give the same gal a test.
I was not disappointed. Ms Nui, a 20 yrs plus massage veteran is the real deal. Excellent massage & lung has a spring in his step again. I shall return frequently.
Highly recommended.
Nicha Traditional Thai Massage · 194 Sanambin Rd, Tambon Rop Wiang, Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai 57000, Thailand
âââââ · Thai massage therapist
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