Thanks for letting me know about Helios Massage, newalaan2. I wish I had received your advice earlier, as I passed by Helios one afternoon, a day or two after, my visit to Royal House Massage. I was in the area carrying out my research on possible condo rentals for next year, which I shall write about on another topic. Had I known the masseurs were similar to Royal House, I would have definitely popped in. But I have made a mental note to try it out on a future visit.
I did not however return to Royal House and choose another masseur, who may not have been as good, as the previous masseur. I had convinced myself that I could not ignore my first masseur, who despite his er . . . em . . . hot dog, had actually performed very well. So, me being an inveterate fence sitter, I chose instead the easy option and ‘phoned a regular masseur from the Boyz Town area and invited him to my hotel. He may also pop up to Bangkok to see one one last time before I leave for home. He has come up to see me on past occasions; we are currently trying to sort out a plan.
And you were right to highlight the ‘detailed’ nature of my original report, newalaan2. This was mentioned at my final dinner in Pattaya on Saturday night. I should therefore like to apologise to you and the other members for getting rather carried away and being a little bit too explicit.
It has been my practice when going to massage parlours not to take my watch or mobile telephone, or more money than I will actually need, as mentioned at post #106. So I did not have my mobile telephone with me. I could have enquired if my masseur had a smart phone, which played music, but, in truth, I never thought to ask.
However, the subject of no background music in massage parlours has reminded me of an incident which occurred back in 2015, which I posted about when I was writing a series of massage parlour reviews. It was included on the Bangkok Massage Venues topic at post #8. I was referring to my visit to V Club 7 on Soi Phaholyothin 7, Soi Ari 4, Bangkok
This is an extract from my 2015 post:
The moral of the above story is to learn how to say in Thai, “The music is too heavy, play something lighter and more relaxing please.”