Bangkok Spa Services

Today we follow our routine with a stop first at the pharmacy to pick up something for stomach ailments and travelers diarrhea. I am not feeling too well. The pharmacy is incredible, they have everything and it seems everything is available upon request except for narcotic drugs that can only be obtained through the hospital.

They have a Pepto Bismal like product for what ails me and it is even the familiar pink. I am fairly confident that foreign medications are okay...and well...I need it if I am to continue our research!

They said they take credit cards so we go to pay for the pink pills and low-and-behold, while they do take credit cards, they can't take them until after 10 am. Apparently the only person who knows how to do this doesn't start until then. We decide to come back after breakfast.

We have lunch in the area and are invited to enjoy a two hour massage, with a 15% discount because we ate at the restaurant. The price is about double what we have been paying to our friends a block away ($15 an hour vs $8), but this is a real upscale spa event and with nothing really on our list of things we have to do today, we succumb. What a pleasure this is! I am thinking we should host a Thai massage therapist to stay with us in Groveland so that we can enjoy and share this pleasure regularly!

We book our "get out of Bangkok, its Lynn's birthday trip" after a number of internet failures, by calling the airline directly. We are set to go on Tuesday to Chiang Mai in the northern region. Victor sees no reason to pre-book lodging, I consider this un-American, but go along.