the Womens Prison Rub Down

We had a leisurely morning in leisurely Chiang Mai sipping coffee by the river while we waited for Greg and Bonnye's overnight train from Bangkok. Addi ran over to tell me about the new game she was playing with Luna, a 1 year old girl living here. "Mommy! Mommy! Look! If you take some of the legs off of crickets they crawl all over you!" .....what?!? Well, I will have to unteach that when we get home!

After they arrived, we headed out for the famous Chiang Mai lunch of khao soy...a noodle curry dish that is a-maz-ing. We walked it off wandering through the quiet (relative to Bangkok) streets with one end place in mind: the Women's Prison. Yup.

The Womens Prison here has vocational training that includes massages and we thought: how could we not!? So off we went and I have to say it was an amazing foot massage (we decided to stay away from full body)! Addi became a doll for three of the women and got a foot massage, arm massage, hair braided, facial....etc. She loved all of the fawning (of course) it was too funny.

We ended the day by meeting up with one of our old favorite waitress from Som Siam- the local Thai restaurant at home- for dinner. Addi fell asleep to the sound of the live band while we all drank wine and ate great food.

PS: the parasol says" Chiang Mai Womens Prison" on the top. Worlds best souvenir? I think so!

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