The Spa at the

Nusa Dua Hotel

The Spa at the Nusa Dua Hotel is one of the finest in Southeast Asia. Even the Japanese, we were told, come to the Nusa Dua when they want to visit a spa. We were thrilled at this discovery, and did our best to experience its delights!

The Spa offers 9 forms of massage and body work, all of it so relaxing that most of us were speechless (can you believe excited, accomplished, intelligent women being speechless???!!!) after our treatments.

Here, Arline and I wait, freshly showered, very wet-haired and wearing our spa kimonos, for our respective masseuses. Fresh flowers were everywhere, as were samples of Bali stone and wood carvings. The Spa is a work of art visually.

I was able to experience two different massages while there. The first was the Balinese massage. My masseuse, pictured, comes from a long family line of massage therapists. Her experienced and sensitive fingers immediately found all the meridians of my body and followed them skillfully through my muscle groups. The second massage I was able to receive was a Javanese Lulur, a magnificent 90-minute experience completed in a bathtub full of flowers and jasmine.

All are invited to partake of the dream pools, a very hot pool next to a very cold pool. One dips alternately for 3 dips each, ending in the cool pool. Each "stay" in the hot pool got longer, and each "dip" in the cool pool got shorter as we laughed, talked, and giggled!!!

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