More Bamboo Rafting Followed By "The Massage"

Walking away from the second group of elephants.

Lunch time....Indian meal served hot and fresh. You can't see it here but there really was a good meal. I'm not sure if this was before or after we ate.

This was after we ate, we sat in the shade for about an hour before heading home.

All onboard for the long paddle home!

How come the guy with the gun doesn't have to paddle?

Because I just have to look good dude!!!!

These two guys did the brunt of the hard paddling. They got a good tip!

A large herd of Bison.

We were on the first boat and beat these guys by 30 minutes!

These wild boar took off as we approached.

Walking.....walking......walking......walking....

I tried to get a cool bird shot like Dr. Akthar's but it's not even close!

This dude has been named, "Porn Star Monkey". Did anyone notice he is actually missing his right hand and most of his arm??? Where were you looking?!!!

Mr. Sashi was waiting at the park for us. He got us home for a quick shower before taking us to a place for our “Aryuvedic Massage”. We had booked this the day before, a full body massage from head to toe plus a steam bath, 1 ½ hours for Rs. 500 ($10 US). It was a first for all of us. James has had a massage before but not like this. All of us were escorted to little dark rooms by 4 very polite men ranging in age from about 20 to 35ish. They asked us to strip naked and put on a little loin cloth (see pic). Let me tell you, I was almost a little scared. I’m pretty comfortable with nudity but this was strange. I’m in a small dark room, door locked, nowhere to run. He ties the drawstring and then he reaches down between my legs from behind me and pulls the loincloth through and tucks it into the back of the drawstring. Then he asks me to lay down on the table on my stomach. Next thing I know, the loincloth he just tucked in is pulled off and tucked down by the package. I felt pretty exposed. I had already scanned the room for any objects that could be used to spank etc so I felt safe that way! They then put so much oil on us we could have been deep fried chicken if we were put on the stove! After getting rubbed down from head to foot, (EVERYWHERE except the pole position and where the sun don’t shine), we were put into a Turkish Steam Bath, essentially a big wooden box that you sit in with your head sticking out, and they pipe steam in all around you. This thing looked like it could be used in a torture chamber or a horror movie. A big old gas water boiler was beside it with pipes running into the box.This helped get some of the oil off but I still needed to soap and shampoo twice when we got back to the Homestay. This was a very strange experience that I don’t think I will try again. I have NEVER been that greased up in my life, not even when I used to go to the pool or beach for that “ultimate tan”! It really felt gross! Any image I ever had of a sexy full body massage……gone!

This is what we had to wear....the loin cloth. None of the other guys would model it with me. I assured them that the picture would not make it onto the blog but they didn't believe me!!!