Hot Springs Spa Day

On Monday we had the most amazing day ever! We spent the day at a Hot Springs spa about a two hour bus ride to an area right outside of Guangzhou. Unfortunately we were unable to take any pictures of it because photos were banned inside the spa. After the bus ride with a Chinese tour group we had arrived at the spa. It was in the mountains and the scenery was really relaxing. We walked in the spa, took off our clothes just so we were wearing our bathing suits, put on the comfy spa shoes and started our adventure.

As soon as we walked out, we had servants offering us tea (cha), Cola and water. As we explored the premisis there was a ton of different spa baths. We started in the hot spring bath that had massage chairs that would shoot water to massage either your back or front. Then we found the hot spring pool with little fish that eat the dead skin off of your feet. It felt like little nibbles but Liz couldn't handle the fish on her feet because they were trying to pull off her scabs from her new shoe battle wounds. I thought it was really cool, and after I used it my feet did feel much nicer.

We went into a coffee pool that was meant to help keep you skinny (we were directly recommended to go there by a staff lady-hahaha). My personal favorite was the rose pool. There was a bag of roses in the hot spring water and it smelled wonderful. There were like 20 pools, all that were supposed to benefit the body in a different way. One was a rice wine pool that added rice wine to the water, a tea pool with tea.

The ambiance of this place was amazing. There was a beautiful mountain and lake with flowers.... When we needed a break from the water we went and sat on lounge chairs, drank tea and had a staff member put sliced cucumber on our faces to cleanse our skin. Jenny spent most of the day in the massage pool and said she got some pretty good massages. I tried it but it was way too hard for my taste. By the time we showered and got on the bus at the end of day, I was feeling so good and tingley. It was a wonderful day :). Liz and I decided we will need to go back there for a day before we go back to the States. Oh and did I mention the entire day (including lunch) costed a grand total of $25. This included the transportation and everything. So worth it!

Pic 1: Working out in the park on the POIW Sunday
Pic 2: Another pic of the park from Sunday