This is not Bad at all!!!! I'm from Europe. This is accualy good for you even that it leaves marks on your body for a while. When we were little and got sick with pneumonia my parents did that to us it doesn't hurt as bad as it looks but it takes out the sicknes from your body. Maybe you should read a bit about it before you say anything. It's an old technique.
hey admit it, it was good getting it. lol hahaha... looking at your back reminds me so much of my childhood. What u got was not a massage. It is a traditional and popular method to cure minor ailments such as cold, flu, etc... I received these treatments a few times when I was little in Vietnam. These red circles will be gone a few days, so no biggie. At least this is not painful. There is another traditional and even more popular method to cure cold or flu in vietnam is ca.o gio'. Pretty much your mom or aunt applies hot green oil to your back and neck, and she would press the edge of the coin against your skin, wherever the oil is, and scratch your skin with the coin. All this while your uncles or brothers hold you down, because the pain is over the top. After the treatment, instead of round red circles , u would have red streaks all over. lol. next time u are in vietnam and have a cold or flu, ask for this treatment. Many vietnamese american parents got into trouble with the social services in the US when the public noticed these red marks on the children. The public would think the children were beaten at home, but in fact their parents were just trying to cure their kids of the cold or flue. By the way, these methods work. lol. Don't ask me how. I don't know either. hahahah...
These Colors Don't Run i invite you to explore the anguish and horror inflicted on to the soldiers of the world in this war, (not just american but also France, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Philippines, Montagnard tribes in Southeast Indochina, and Thailand) and the lasting effects on to their next generation, these scars have never healed and are just or more intrusive than these museum examples chosen to be displayed by the communists. Instead of reading one general's book, what about the experiences of thousands of GIs and south vietmanese? They can tell you how happy they were for the allies and wanted this war to resolve otherwise. North Vietnam received substantial military support from China and the Soviet Union, although these two countries did not officially have troops fighting in Vietnam. This was supported and orcastrated by the communists to take over and rule these people with none of the freedoms that we take for granted. Crying for these communist supporters that tortured and killed their own as well, (the vietnamese are the ones that had the tiger cages and torture, not the americans), is the same as writing about your sadness for the german soldiers and gestapo in the holocaust. The allies sought to save people that asked for help to stop this oppression unfortunately the commnuist reign was too strong and backed too heavily to overcome.
Vietnam continues to this day to have reports of human injustice, torture, beatings, arrests, and harrassment of those that do not follow the communist reign, such as the new and disturbing information about recent large-scale arrests of Montagnard Christians living in Vietnam’s Central Highlands and the torture of Montagnard activists, house church leaders, and others.
Continue your travels and please visit the many museums in the world dedicated to the stories of the allies.
Are you stupid ? What's worng with you? You are sooooo stupid!!! Do you think those things will kill you? OOooooh poor baby.... You need to get out ofter from home!! LOL
how fun! So I was searching Google for David's website with all his old travel pics...And somehow I found this instead...Equally as enjoyable :) I can't believe I'm even related to David sometimes...What a crazy world-traveller he is! And you too Lloyd...Anyway, nice blog, that was fun to read!
Love, "David's little sister"
UR An idiot Your an idiot what u had was not a massage what u had was to bring out the bad elements from your body tipical in Asia the darker the brusies the my unhealthy you are I've had it done in China ......... what a wimp
French Lesson the melted cheese thing is called RACLETTE, comes from the verb "racler" that describes what you have to do to unstick the cheese from the pan. see? (dunno how to say that in English...)
It was good knowing you, see you soon!
ps: very nice pics
Kilimanjaro I'm up for Kilimanjaro. Just name the time and place. But first, how about we tackle a smaller mountain first.. sayyyy Mt. Snowdonia, June 13?
hey bru, looks like you're having a rough time! santiago de compostella is one of my favorite places in spain... check it out: i'll be touching down in Germany june 4th - be there for the year... you still around then? let's make it happen! Maybe throw down on a stage in the tour de france? be well...
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Love it. Hope you are well.