PeaceBang

Modesty Sheet

January 28, 2007 on 8:21 pm | In Joys and Concerns, Photos By PeaceBang, Spiritual Practice |

When we first arrived in Antigua, we stayed at Palacio de Dona Beatriz at the outskirts of town. Lovely place with a great concierge named Rudy.

I saw that they offered an hour massage for $35 — who could resist? — so I ordered one up.

Jorge showed up right on time and set up his massage table in the chapel next to our room:

He had no sheet to cover me with. Imagine the flurry of flustered Spanish on my behalf as I hastened to my room to retrieve a pareo I had thought to pack (Gracias a Dios!), and imagine how quickly I got over my self-consciousness as this friendly man pounded me to within an inch of my life (in a good way) as I looked out the window at the volcanoes surrounding the city.

Holy bodywork, Batman!