I have been using massage rooms run by and staffed by blind people for quite some time now. I can honestly say that I have yet to get better. No frills etc. just a bloody good massage & the knowledge that you are helping those less fortunate. Good value too. Baht 200 for two hours. Heading south, take the turn after the Grand Hotel. Go over the railway level crossing & massage is a couple hundred metre's up on the right.
Doc
Traditionally, blind people have been trained as masseuses all over Asia, and are valued for there advanced sense of touch, which they gain to compensate for there lack of sight.
There is another local place on the right-hand side of Naebkhehars Road, on the right after crossing Chomsin Road. If my memory serves me well, they have a sign with at least some English on it, enough to know that you have found the right place.
I'm sorry I dont know what it is called. It is run by an ex police person who lost his sight in an explosion of some sort. The directions as outlined earlier really are straight forward and you should have no problem finding him. The locals take care of them with food etc. so they are well known.
Doc
The main blind institute massage parlour is just before the Kings palace on the way to Cha'am. Its on the right as you travel from Hua Hin where the royal shop is. Been several times and always the only farang, always local Thai people. Very cheap and very good and definitely no extras !! Mentioned in Lonely Planet a few years ago.
Also used blind massage in Vietnam and Cambodia, also excellent.
'If you didn't have a wasted youth you wasted your youth'
Heading north on Petchkasem Rd. past the airport, turn left into the last soi before you get to the Isuzu dealership. There is a small sign at this corner (giving name of the school & massage), and continue up the small soi maybe 150-200 meters, it is on your left, drive in and park under the shaded area.
They are the Cha-Am Thai Pro Massage, and have a great Spa on the premisses. Relaxing atmosphere, air-conditioned, and best of all "great therapists", and prices are right.
If your looking for the so called "extras", that people think are associated with massage places, "forget it". If you are looking for a great massage, and a relaxing experience, this is the place.
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The best massage I have got in HH (I have tried about 10 places) was at Enjoy Massage on Soi Selakam. The girl that gave me the massage was called ( no names please).
Hi I too found day and night massage near on night market one of the best, most like reflexology that we get at home, except for the use of the wooden sticks, which seems to be used in all reflexology in thailand. I do reflexology in England and they seemed to be the best trained and have a routine working on all areas of the foot. Also good one on street near Hilton, the one thats always full.
what, do you think, is the best time to go to massage?
For me, I mostly went to massage at 02:00 pm (just in the hottest time of the day - temperature)
or at about 07:00 pm, so when finished massage, you can go for dinner.
My wife was suffering quite badly after the flight (old bones and all that). We actually thought that she could be suffering DVT. We got her into San Paulo Hospital in the early hours of Sunday morning, and thankfully they confirmed that it was a muscular problem. They injected her with some sort of muscle relaxant, gave her a few pain killers and booked her a massage with Sundance Hotel (literally connected to the hospital).
My wife has had hundreds of massages in her time, and she says that the massage she had at the Sundance Hotel is by far the best she has ever had. I know a lot of readers on this board criticise the prices of San Paulo Hospital, but this service costs only 250 Baht for an hour.
I have been using massage rooms run by and staffed by blind people for quite some time now. I can honestly say that I have yet to get better. No frills etc. just a bloody good massage & the knowledge that you are helping those less fortunate. Good value too. Baht 200 for two hours. Heading south, take the turn after the Grand Hotel. Go over the railway level crossing & massage is a couple hundred metre's up on the right.
I'm sorry I dont know what it is called. It is run by an ex police person who lost his sight in an explosion of some sort. The directions as outlined earlier really are straight forward and you should have no problem finding him. The locals take care of them with food etc. so they are well known.
