The Bathhouse

Until reading my friend's blog, I nearly had forgot about the sauna incident.

So, I'm used to going to the korean bathhouses in Los Angeles... in fact it's almost like my body craves going ... it's like a reset button for your body and mind.. you go sit in the sauna until you're delirious and then jump into the cold pool..do this several times.. and at one point in the process you're scrubbing all your dead skin off.. so by the time you leave you're feeling refreshed and clean inside and out... the whole process is like 4 hours...

So, i was quite delighted to find a bathhouse here... They had a dry sauna and wet sauna, and a cool pool (not quite "cold", but still alright)... oh and a gym... though I won't be returning, because I think there was a chance we had visited a brothel.....

So the incident went like this... I was laying down on the bench in the dry sauna.. and the chick who is naked on the bench next to me (which I'm used to because it's like that in korean bathhouses.. nudity represents something very different than in the americas.. it's not all sexualized) so then the chick looks at me and says "quieres bajar?"... and, as usual, i wasn't quite sure what i heard.. and so i have her repeated it.. "quieres bajar?"... so i think about this for a while.. literally this means "do you want to go down?"... i'm on the bench so i'm thinking maybe she's refering to us being on the bench and she's asking if i want to leave?... like get off the bench and go outside.. and then i thought she was asking me if i wanted to "bajar" my clothes.. cuz i was wearing a bathing suit.. and maybe she was telling me that the culture is fine to be naked in the spa... so very confused all i answered with was "esta bien"... "it's ok"... so then gets up and she walks over to me like expecting something.. and i look confused .. and then she said how since i'm not from around here i don't understand..

and then leaves the room...

some other strange incidents include the drunk chick (this was at like 2pm we were there) was insisting on teaching me how to use the spa's gym equipment... and she was exercising with her high heels on...

strange strange...

hoping to find a normal bathhouse....