“The Ladies’ Attendant”

Day 2 – AKA Jet lag recovery day

The sun rises about 4:45 AM here, one of these days I will try to get up early enough to take some pictures. For today though Leah and I walked to a nearby bakery for a fresh breakfast treat.

We also had noodles and a cold adult beverage. I sneakily snapped a picture of 2 girls dressed up in traditional Japanese dress. Hey they like noodles too!

Then we had a “good idea” okay maybe not, but we tried. The Thai Massage Spa. As some of you know, a Thai Massage is very different from a Swedish relaxation massage. Letting my jet lag brain make the decision, I bought the “Jet Lag Cure Deal” which is 2 painful Thai massages for the price of 1.5! So I came in 1st place for worst decision = 2.5 hours of getting beat up, Kiana and Rachel were in 2nd place with a slightly better decision and were only pummeled for 90 minutes. And Leah came in last place by making the wise decision for only get a 60 minute beating.
We were all very sore afterwards but I think in a few days we will be glad we got the knots beat out of us.
*Side note if you get massages in Asia be prepared for them to get the knots out of 99% of your body, you are allowed 01% personal space.

While I finished up at the torture spa, the girls found and “interesting cafe” called Mipig Cafe.
Photos below:

That’s right it’s a micro pig cafe. If you check out the big guy sleeping on the bed by the window, he was not so micro and more of a small pig size. They love to pile on and snuggle though.
I think the funniest part of the experience was that when I arrived later than the girls and explained to the worker I was with the 3 girls, she immediately had me pay for them and then let me join them. When I asked what I just bought the worker apologized and assumed I was “the ladies’ attendant” here to pay for them and collect them. So yeah, for the rest of the trip I am now “the ladies’ attendant.” A brief Google search explains that my new duties include: paying for the ladies activities, pouring drinks and lighting cigarettes, and maintaining a positive and charming demeanor.

The “ladies” tell me that if I want a 5 star review, I need to improve on my positive charming demeanor.

The girls found a Sanrio (Hello Kitty) store and Kiana found Ramen cups!

The rest of the evening included skipping dinner and sleeping for like 14 hours.