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| - Having never experienced one of the many foot massage spas in the area, I didn't know what to expect. Even if it were to suck, I had to take a gamble. $20 is a freakin' steal for a 1-hour-long foot massage. And um, feet are gross.
My fam and I thought we were just in for an hour-long foot massage, but what a pleasant surprise - we had the choice between an hour-long full-body massage and an hour-long foot massage. The full-bod just seemed like the better way to go, so that's what my sister and I went for. My dad and step-mom both chose to stick with the feet.
When we arrived, we asked the woman in the front if they could accommodate 4 people... The woman held up her hand, signaling for us to wait and then ran off without saying a word... So we waited... When she came back, I think she told us to follow her... So we did. And she disappeared behind a door. (Uhhh..... ??? WTF?) The lighting was super dim/dark, so I couldn't see a GD thing. The workers were all speaking Chinese, so we didn't know what the heck was going on.
Finally, a bunch of workers (from other spas?) walked through the front door and showed us to our massage chairs/beds.
BTW, I'm not sure how often they wash the towels on the beds... A guy had just finished getting his massage and my dad was directed to that freshly used chair. My dad asked if he could have a clean towel, but no comprendé. So my dad just used a different bed. Yikes.
Our feet were placed in buckets of tea... (Yes, our feet were tea bagged!) and the massaging began!
I appreciated the firm pressure and mixture of massage techniques and styles -- kneading, stretching, point reflexology, etc. I was the only one out of the 4 of us who didn't fall asleep. The other three were sawing wood, so I couldn't stop laughing. Plus, I couldn't help but peek out every 7-10 minutes to make sure my bag was safe. Because I was awake during the whole massage, I felt that I was maximally able to appreciate every squeeze, knead and stretch. And after the whole thing, my headache from riding the New York New York roller-coaster had dissipated!
Even though it was a rough start, in the end, we got our $20 (+tip)-worth. I've never had such an intense (and cheap!) full-bod massage. I will be back!
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