Sweet sweat

I wrote before about Sydney's Korean Ginseng Bathhouse and my blogging guru tells me I get lots of hits on that post, so here's an update. I reckon the reason I get those hits is that it is so difficult to find this place on the internet, so here's the link for when you want to book.

This time we went the whole distance, booking into the Crest Hotel for the night with an inclusive bathhouse package - the cost is surprisingly reasonable - and the views from the room over Woolloomooloo and Sydney harbour are amazing - check out the picture above.

After shedding those confining outer layers of our lives (clothes) we soaked away the cares of the world in the hot ginseng bath alternated with warm and cool baths. This time we needed that cool bath because the ginseng one was sauna hot.

The korean scrub sloughed off every centimetre of old dead skin and brought all the blood tingling to the surface.

A face mask consisting of a coating of warm honey, washed off with milk and followed by icy cucumber puree was applied to set while a full body massage relaxed and rejuvenated us all over.

It's difficult to say what is the most enjoyable part of this experience, perhaps the feeling of basins of warm water sliding down your body to wash off the dead skin, perhaps the scalp massage, or the feeling of those tiny Korean feet walking up your spine (yes, they really do that!), but for my money it's a toss up between feeling that heated oil pouring and running down your body to be massaged in, or the very hot towels that wrap and enfold your arms, your body, your legs, or maybe just the feeling of liberation you get when you shed your clothes and walk naked in such an unthreatening, all female, environment. It's pure, unadulterated, indulgence of the senses. I love it!