Went to Pinatubo Spa today. What an unusual spa-- they have a sulfuric acid-infused sauna bath and a matching salted bath, which were supposed to smoothen your skin and (more importantly) cure skin asthma and relieve rheumatism.
My tita brought us there to see if the stuff actually worked... and to relax and have fun as well. It was a long, tiring trip up to that place, and there was no cellsite at all (note to self: should really consider switching to Smart, if only for the cell service in deeply rural areas). But the place surprisingly did not disappoint. The baths were relaxing and did seem to smoothen the skin.. I don't know about curing skin asthma though, as I have no recent attacks to 'heal'. My cousin who does have severe skin asthma says her skin felt better after the treatment, though. So I guess it kinda worked :)
There was another treatment where you get buried in hot volcanic ash (well, your entire body neck-down gets buried) and it's supposed to cure other ailments and pains (I forget what the names are).. I didn't try it though, coz it looked scary. It gets really hot as the ash is shoveled over you, and I bet it gets claustrophobic too. My tito went and said the experience was 'cool'. Eeeer, judging from the heat of the ash.... I beg to differ =p
Afterwards, we all treated ourselves to a hot shower and a Shiatsu massage, which felt really really good. And a hearty dinner, which I'm still digesting 'til now.
An interesting trip overall. Doesn't beat Bora at all, but 'twas a good experience anyway :)
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