Rick Steves’ Europe: Baden-Baden: Getting naked with strangers
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Spas and Wellness
Rick Steves’ Europe: A Czech mud bath in Trebon
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Submerged in a mucky peat brine, it occurs to me that this must be the strangest bath I have ever taken.
SW England - Aquae Sulis
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Cebu Zoo python massage
Visitors to the Cebu Zoo (Woolbright Dr., Beverly Hills, Cebu City, Cebu 6000, Philippines; phone +63 32 414 7103) can each experience a massage from giant pythons.
For only the price of admission — PHP25 per adult or PHP10 per child (near 60¢/23¢) — a brave volunteer can lie under four pythons, with a combined weight of 550 pounds, and let their writhing bodies rub the stress away.
A Massage to Die For: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Who would expect there would be massage, let alone excellent massage, in Papua New Guinea?
As someone with low tolerance for so-so massage, I was surprised that, in Port Moresby, massages at the spa of the Airways Hotel (Jackson International Airport, Jacksons Parade, Port Moresby 121, Papua New Guinea; phone +675 324 5200, fax 325 0759, www.airways.com.pg) are always good, no matter which masseuse you get.