The Lady Of The Lake
Our new friend Gino's words when we parted three days ago proved to be prophetic.. We'd hugged one another 'Goodbye', and I'd said 'maybe our paths will cross again one day' he had responded by saying...
'It is written that you always meet twice'...
We were taken to the port today by the owners of Orchid, with their little four grandchild Prune. She has danced around us in her princess dress casting magic spells everyday, while we have have sat eating or working on the terrace...
They dropped us off and we waved and waved until their car was out of sight ...
And then, as we were queuing to get in our boat to bring us to Koh Samui I spotted Gino and Ileus....
'We have met twice"! I exclaimed... We greeted one another with enthusiastic joy and then chatted a bit; they had just come in from one island and were waiting before sailing away on a boat to another...
The time came for us to board our own boat, so we climbed the steps to the top deck and waved and waved to Ileus and Gino as we chugged out of Koh Panghan...
Lots of partings; but new meetings, new friends, new connections... The planet our home...
We arrived at our new appartment which is called 'Escape'; where we spent one night before our journey to Koh Panghan to 'not go to the full moon party'!
It is very tranquil here, the sea like a limpid pool, reminding me of Arthur and Excalibur, it looks as if at any minute 'The Lady of the Lake' might emerge from the still water with the sword in her hand...
I had noticed when we were here before that Thai massage is available...
The last eleven days I have had no massage... Today I had planned a rest day from running to accommodate my return to speed yesterday, so this afternoon I went in search of the massage ladies...
Both were engaged in giving a massage and directed me to reception.
The time of my massage was vague but I was assured someone would come and find me at six pm or maybe five...
As my masseuse appeared the heavens opened; we raced through the downpour to her massage bed; both of us soaked through by warm rain by the time we arrived...
She indicated for me to lie down, and straight away started working on my feet with firm pressure, I relaxed into her touch.
Her colleague was tidying up around us, whipping off the massage sheets and gathering up the bottles of oils...
I was lying face down with my eyes closed, when suddenly I felt a hand on my arm.
I opened my eyes and the 'tidying up lady' looked into my eyes and said to me 'you are a sexy lady...' And then made a movement with her hands about the shape of my body...
The lady massaging me laughed, and I did too, 'thank you' I said.
I relaxed again into my massage, but she wanted to talk, she asked me questions; our conversation was limited by our lack of one another's language...
She started to stroke my face saying 'beautiful, beautiful' and gently picked up my plaited hair...
I was enjoying the Thai massage that her friend was giving me; and then there were two! She joined in....
She sat up at my head and while my legs were being stretched and pummelled by her colleague, she massaged my head, my face, my neck and shoulders... It was bliss.
Two pairs of hands stretching me out and going deeply into pressure points...
And every so often she would murmur to me 'beautiful...'
I returned to Anadi...
'How was your massage beautiful'?
It was a really different experience I said, the friend of the massage lady thought I was beautiful and sexy and she joined in and massaged me too...
'you are beautiful and sexyl' he smiled...
And maybe she could see your energy too...'