Deceiving massage course

As I've said so many times, you can't always be too cheap. Yes, sometimes, being expensive, might end up being usefull. I rejected a 2500 Rs. Ayurvedic massage course cause I thought it was too expensive, as the rest costed about 2000 Rs.

The added problem of finding the places announced here in Mc Leod Ganj, made me consider getting the massage course at Synergy. There, the massage teacher, Pinky, would show me the secrets of an Ayurvedic massage, so popular here in India.

However, it turned out the first day, I had nobody to practice with. And they weren't very enthusiasthic to provide me with such an important part of the course. First of all, I should have asked, I entone here the "mea culpa", however, knowing that so many people travel alone in India, they should probably advise you on this matter. But let us not forget, I'm in India!

So I turned out with a provisional solution for my second class. In the first one, I got to practice with Pinky's feet, as she would not let me practice with her head or her shoulders. Understandable, notting, I'm in India! So Karol, an Irish girl travelling with Jammie and Hugh, offered herself to be my massage model for the next class. but that would only be for the next class, as they intendet to depart in the following days. Got to practice head and shoulders and legs.

And next, I qoute Pinky's words: "Tomorrow is your free day, I'll see you the day after tomorrow at 11 a.m.". Note that tomorrow was the Diwali festival, so it seemed reasonable they would not open.

It would have seemed I was lucky, as Karol was still around on the stated date, though to my surprise and hers, the center was closed.

I hadn't been very happy with the second class anyway, as Pinky wasn't very helpfull, nor intented to be much, so I decided I would not waste more money on this for the time being, and so I stated this to her when she called me this morning to notify me that she was waitting for me for the course.

So that has probably been the most useless 1000 Rs I've wasted in India so far. Let me hope for being more brighter in making questions the next time.

Always something to learn from your mistakes...