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[ed]

many years ago when I lived in Canada, when I became stressed I would go get a nice relaxing massage and feel much better afterward.

when I came to Korea I wanted to do the same so I have been to many massage places and without exception they all were not relaxing and were painfull!

only once did I have a painless relaxing massage. I went to a place that had 2 barber poles out front and asked for a massage. the lady told me to get undressed and sit in what looked like a dentist's chair then she massaged me and I've got to "hand" it to her, she did a good "job".

however, that's not what I was looking for.

has anyone ever had a good painless back massage?

[funplanet]

not in Korea....they do not know the meaning of "painless" massage here...I have tried everything and everywhere....the foot massages are the worse!!

go to Thailand for a real massage....they are the masters

[manlyboy]

Yeah. You might as well be asking for spiceless kimchi.

[Gollum]

The "real" massages in Korea are done by blind people. The gov't pays for their training and helps set them up with a job, so I've heard.

The thought of some half-naked, oily blind old man crawling on my back just doesn't appeal to me though.

[Wrench]

[plato's republic]

Ed,

how much did you pay for your 'hand' 'job'?

[ed]

it was 30 000


also, for the hell of it, I tried the double poles on the main strip of Itaewon and it was an "oral" experience for 40 000


keep in mind that this was 4 years ago

[Picture Perfect]

[Swiss James]

he's Korean you know, Oddjob, in the books Flemming says that his boss employed Koreans specifically because they are "Absolutely ruthless".


I've been waiting 3 years to use that bit of trivia.

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