First Massage & Cooking Course

We were having a chill day in Luang Prabang and walking around we decided that we were going to get a massage. It was a traditional Lao-Thai massage place and i ended up getting the "Traditional Massage". My friends got either the foot or the head and shoulder one. When we went up stairs there was this giant room with beds and curtains along all the windows. They gave us some Laos clothing to wear and we got changed and laid down on our beds. There was only 1 or two girls when we walked in the place and then by the time we were ready to start there was about 7 of them. I guess they just called them up and they came over from whatever they were doing in town, at least two just woke up from sleeping in the back room but you couldnt tell and they were ready to go.

I still cant believe how strong these little Asian women were. Thai/Laos massage combine stretching with massage and pressure points.

At one point the lady had me on my front and she was standing on my hamstrings with my ankles wrapped around her knees and then she was jabbing at my back with her hands and her elbows.

All in all i felt really good after so definitely going to get more of those.

After that we hung out on our porch at our guest house as the sun went down. Last minute we decided that we were going to take a Laos cooking course. It was $20 for 3 hours and we got dinner. We got to see them make 4 traditional Laos dishes and then we choose two to make on our own. Then we all sat down and ate them. Pretty tasty, Laos food doesnt use as much sugar or oil as Thai food. Just some water and fish sauce. I still think i am partial to Thailand cuisine though.

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