Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Mike's Facial in China Town.


GETTING A TRADITIONAL FACIAL IN CHINA TOWN, BANGKOK







There comes a time when you get an impulse, a sudden desire or maybe an uncontrollable urge to do something, there's no reasoning, so just do it !
This happened while mike and I where takin' a stroll through China Town and we were talkin' about food and where to find good, genuine Chinese food in China Town, not as easy as you may think, Mike is from China so I think he is a good person to ask.
Suddenly he stopped and said OK Kenny this is what I;m lookin' for! My heart quickened as the thoughts of great Chinese food ran through my brain! I took a look at what he was so excited about, and my jaw dropped, WHAT IS IT? 
Kenny it's a facial treatment,  it's just what I need. So here we are in the middle of China Town just a stones throw away from all the tourist's and we are now going to proceed with a traditional facial treatment...on the street!!!!....actually this is perfect ...just the thing I'm always trying to discover...something just off the beaten track and yes it's a little bit different too!!...Perfect for lok8rboutique.
The lady was really friendly and Mike was soon kitted out! Pretty in Pink! comes to mind ( he will kill me for this!). Soon his face was as white as a ghost. He did ask me "Do I look stupid?" I am a very honest person!  "No not at all!" Once the powder had settled she took a really long piece of cotton or twine and began to scrape the powder off his face removing dead skin and his nose and his cheek, whoops sorry I exaggerate a little! The show continued for around 15 or 20 minutes. After  the odd "ouch" and "wow" the facial was complete and the lady proudly showed Mike his new look face, but, no, not yet. Mike requested some more powder and a few more minutes of pain continued until he was satisfied with the outcome!
Mike was very pleased wtih his new super smooth face, and seriously he will do it again, so he recommends it for sure, me too! I chickened out...After all I needed to take the photo's.( always a great excuse).
The facial is called Mungming and it's really not expensive around 100 Baht.
The are several stalls doing facials along this road, it's called Charoen Krung Road, this runs parallel to Yaowarat Road and it's not too far from the flea Market. Usually the facial stalls are open late afternoon to later in the evening.



Happy Mungming everybody! .

Friday, 25 November 2011

Discovering Quality in Thailand.

   Wow! This a difficult one, so how do you discover quality in Thailand? It has taken me 4 years of hard work so far! Thailand is really well known for copy this and copy that. However, there are so many talented people producing original, quality items, but like many things they don't get the headlines.
  So what we are doing is developing a really comprehensive and cool web site , www.lok8rboutique.com , that is dedicated to discovering and promoting top quality people and products in Thailand and Laos. We are updating and growing, we're making  it personal, we meet and greet everyone on our web site and we ensure that their services are real and original and that it's a quality business ran by quality people. Simple, yet very time consuming .
  We are just starting to put pen to paper and to develop the content on the web site, but, we have hundreds of clients waiting so we will grow quickly.
   So if you're planning a visit, a business trip or you live to Thailand or Laos and you're in search of quality that is affordable then check us out!
  We have split the website into several sections, Shopping, Food and Drink, Accommodation, Sport and Leisure, Transportation, Health and Spa, artist and Designer and Services. So no matter what you're looking for you should be able to find it, and if you can't contact us and we will do our best to find it for you.
Quality does not have to mean Expensive! Affordable Quality is what we are about. No matter what your budget you should be able to find something.
  We need your help and input too.We have a You Recommend page and we would love you to share your experiences with us, if you have found a cool hotel, an amazing restaurant or even a great car hire company, let us know and we can go and check them out. We want to build a community of like minded travelers, business people and people who are now living in Thaialand or Laos, and are in search of affordable quality. Please come along and join us in our adventure of discovery! I promise to make it interesting, informative and fun too. Variety is the spice of life and our journey of discovery will take us off the beaten track and away from the tourist traps, some times only a stones through away , you'll be amazed by the hidden gems lurking around every corner!






  We look forward to sharing with you and you sharing with us!oAs we develop and grow our blossoming community at lok8rboutique. www.lok8rboutique.com .