{"id":2930,"date":"2012-12-30T09:27:08","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T16:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/?p=2930"},"modified":"2012-12-30T09:27:08","modified_gmt":"2012-12-30T16:27:08","slug":"spoiled-at-the-spa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/spoiled-at-the-spa\/","title":{"rendered":"Spoiled at the Spa"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Bali is a wondrous place… especially if you’re into pampering and massage. <\/p>\n

A fabulous local massage therapist makes house calls and charges 150,000 Rp (about $16) per hour. I enjoyed a reflexology session last week.<\/p>\n

For Christmas, my kids decided to treat me to a pampering spa experience, and selected Sedona Spa<\/em><\/a> in Ubud. <\/p>\n

Brandon dropped me off this morning and I was led through this flower-covered arched path to my private room – the Gardenia. <\/p>\n

I was in heaven even before I got on the table.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

While water gurgled, birds sang and meditative music played in the background, I received an incredible one hour massage. This was followed by a stimulating coconut body scrub… and then a coconut milk body mask. <\/p>\n

Are you jealous yet?<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As I showered off the scrub, my attentive Balinese therapist was preparing my flower bath<\/em> (she was a little surprised when I asked for cool water, not warm)<\/em> – along with fresh ginger tea and a fruit plate to enjoy. <\/p>\n

I generally I prefer showers to bathing. I find I get bored soaking in hot water – and most tubs are rather uncomfortable for me. But this was an experience and a half, and one I’d like to have again<\/em>. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The deep tub was so comfortable, the water cool and refreshing on a hot Balinese day – and the luxury of bathing with flower petals made me feel like a goddess.<\/em> <\/p>\n

I sipped my tea (and took a few photos), and swirled the flowers<\/em> in the water with my toes. I wanted to stay in that tub for an hour \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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When my flower bath was over, I was given a sarong to wear and led to the salon where I enjoyed a hair cream bath, scalp massage, hair steam treatment and neck\/shoulder massage\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>And because my facial skin is so sensitive I opted out of the facial and asked for a foot massage instead\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and it was a good choice. He accompanied me to the shampoo bowl and back, so my feet and legs were being nearly continually massaged for another 45 minutes. Oh happy, happy feet.<\/em><\/p>\n

A manicure and pedicure topped off the treatment and I felt like a brand new woman. And by now, the hot sun had made way to a thunderstorm which nicely cooled things down a bit. <\/p>\n

You’re probably asking yourself, “Wow – how much did that cost!???” <\/em><\/p>\n

Any guesses? If you guessed $300 you’re wrong. But that would easily be what you’d pay for an equivalent treatment in the states or Europe. <\/p>\n

$200 you say? Wrong again. $100? Nope.<\/p>\n

The grand total was approximately $50 US <\/em>for 4 hours of heaven. If you don’t count the $1800 airfare to get here, that’s a bargain. Even WITH the airfare it’s a bargain – and one I’ll take advantage of again.<\/p>\n

Thanks Brandon, Jennifer & Ashley. <\/em> I absolutely loved my gift. Next time, let’s all go together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bali is a wondrous place… especially if you’re into pampering and massage. A fabulous local massage therapist makes house calls and charges 150,000 Rp (about $16) per hour. I enjoyed a reflexology session last week. For Christmas, my kids decided to treat me to a pampering spa experience, and selected Sedona Spa in Ubud. Brandon … Continue reading Spoiled at the Spa<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[219,6,11],"tags":[216,240,239,238,236,237,242,226],"class_list":["post-2930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bali-travel","category-reviewsrecommendations","category-travel","tag-bali","tag-bath","tag-flower","tag-gift-pedicure","tag-massage","tag-spa","tag-travel","tag-ubud"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2930"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2952,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930\/revisions\/2952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}