Now, before you begin to worry (or speculate) about what illegal activities I have been engaging in, let me first inform you that I actually chose to go to prison today. And it wasn't just any old jail, oh no. It was Chiang Mai's notorious women's prison. Ok, notorious was an exaggeration.
And what, you may ask, was I doing in a women's prison for an hour? Well, I was being poked, prodded and stretched in all the most peculiar ways. By an inmate. That's right, I got a criminal massage.
For about 4 quid I received a rough and fairly intimate massage from one of the female prisoners. The service is part of their rehabilitation training program and the money goes directly to the prisoners to use after their release.
The prisoners/masseurs are all within 6 months of release and I wanted to ask the woman who gave me my massage whether her story had a happy ending. But I thought asking a Thai woman about happy endings was probably an avenue I didn't want to explore.
Since I last posted a blog, I have been down to Koh Samui, Koh Phagnan (full moon party island) and Koh Tao (full moon recovery island). Full moon was an awesome night- the highlight being, as those who saw my status update will already know, the genius artwork I had on my back. Painted in neon colours were the words "FULL MOOO-N" and the picture of a cow. Hilarity ensued. The amount of people I had coming up to me that night going "that is one extremely funny pun you've got there on your back" was, well at least 3.
From Koh Tao, I made the epic 31 hour journey (by motorbike, ferry, bus, train and tuk tuk) to Chiang Mai where I am now. Tomorrow Im beginning a 3 day trekking adventure and in a week or so I will be heading to Laos for the sole reason of floating inebriated down a river in a black rubber ring. Can not wait!
Love to you all
Jonny x x x
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