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Massage Magazine: Nuad Bo’Rarn – The Traditional Healing Massage of Thailand
I arrived in Chiang Mai, Thailand’s second largest city in the far north, on one of the hottest days I had ever experienced. The temperature hovered just above one hundred degrees. The humidity was so thick that it took a toll on every living thing in its midst. Dogs were in a comatose state on the sidewalks. Taxi drivers sat lethargically at the wheel waiting for customers. And to top it off, I had just experienced a grueling fourteen-hour train ride from Bangkok complete with crying babies, loud conductors, and fifty-three slumber-wrenching stops along the Thai countryside.
It was with relief that I dropped my backpack on the floor of Thai Massage Center, one of dozens I passed from the train station to the hotel. I was stiff from the train ride, my back ached from the load I had been carrying, and I was in need of a bodily overhaul to bring me back to life and prepare me for the day’s adventures.