Woke up at 3pm, local time (8am UK time).

Changed into my swimming costume, put a t-shirt and cropped trousers over it and headed down to … wait, where will I be going? *Ding!* Lift is here. Ah, Le Meridien Spa … sounds enticing. Pressed the floor number and several seconds later, the door opened and I was in beauty heaven. Gym to the left, salon across and the spa on the upper level. Hmm, I thought I’d just check to see what are the available treatments and book myself for one at a later time. I asked the lady behind the counter and she suggested the Balinese Boreh:

A traditional Balinese body scrub made of natural Indonesian ingredients including ginger, alangal and rice. This treatment helps relieve muscular aches and pains and improves circulation.

Then, of course, I also booked myself for the Spa Manicure:

A hand care treatment with an aromatic salt scrub to exfoliate dead skin cells, follwed by a manicure and a hand massage.

2 hours later, my skin felt really soft, my hands were dipped in wax (always a favourite of mine!) and I had a cup of cinnamon and ginger tea. To this writing, I still smell of lemongrass and jasmine.

And since I missed breakfast and lunch altogether, I ordered a well-done beef burger to my room. Too late to go down to the poolside anyway. Then just before I sat down again to post this, I had Rendang Daging, which is braised beef with Indonesian spices, assorted vegetables (which were just string beans, by the way!) and white rice.

I did think to pop down to the lobby for a breath of different air but decided to simply stay in my room.

Tomorrow, I have to be at our office. Don’t know yet how I am going to get there. I believe that it is on the same street but I still have to check.

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