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Amani Salon & Wellness Centre: Taking a spa journey at the edge of the city

July 5, 2013 Paris B 10 Comments

The invitation to visit a new spa centre in town arrived at a rather opportune time. A few weekends of jetsetting (hur hur) and full work weeks in between have taken its toll on my poor ol’ body and I was starting to have trouble sleeping. Its like your body knows its tired and that it needs rest but it just can’t, if you know what I mean.

Amani Salon & Wellness Centre is a new spa/salon that just opened in February 2013 and is located in The Scotts Garden, Old Klang Road. Parking is relatively ample and so far, quite affordable which is a good thing because their signature package, which I think you should try if only for the experiece, is a 4 hour long journey. Oh yeah… 😉

I’ll tell you a little more about it and if you are good and indulge me till the very end, you’ll see that I’ve wrangled a nice little discount for MWS readers who’d like to try this. So, indulge me k? 😉

Your Say: Are you monitoring your water intake? I have, and its given me health and beauty benefits!

June 25, 2013 Paris B 46 Comments

We’ve all heard this before haven’t we? Drink more water to stay hydrated. Drink more water for better skin. Drink more water. Period.

Yet lets face it – are you drinking ENOUGH water? If you only drink water when you’re feeling thirsty its technically too late. Your body is already dehydrated. The common thing we hear about is 8 8oz glasses a day but honestly, are you drinking even that? Well, I have a very simple tip for you to help you monitor your water intake, and I’ll also share some quick tips on how upping and monitoring my water intake has helped me personally in recent times. I’d like to hear if you have any tips too or if you just don’t like the taste of water? 🙂

Spa Visit: Banyan Tree Spa at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore – Wonderful for body and soul, hard on the wallet

June 21, 2013 Paris B 24 Comments

I’d been doing a bit of travel back and forth in recent weeks and haven’t had a weekend to myself in what seems like ages! I need a break. A proper one with no telephone line and no internet 😛 But since that isn’t happening any time soon, the next best thing is to book myself in and splurge on a luxury spa experience 😀

While at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore not too long ago, I saw they had a Banyan Tree Spa at Level 55 of the hotel. Views over the city state are lovely and I have one for you below pre-haze 🙂 Some quick enquiries turned up a free slot just after lunch. Its incredibly busy so I do recommend making reservations ahead, if you want to go there. Walk in customers like me either have to be incredibly lucky or be turned away. It was pricey, lets make no mistake. but I thought heck! If I’m going to work hard, I might as well play hard! *gulp*

Travel Tales: A Day Trip Into Kutná Hora – Its not just about the Sedlec Ossuary Bone Chapel!

June 16, 2013 Paris B 33 Comments

Hello fellow travellers, I’m revisiting the Czech Republic again. Seeing how I love to travel and seeing how so many of you similarly love to travel, I wanted to share a little more about my travels. Perhaps it might inspire your next vacation or perhaps you can inspire mine! 😀

Before I visited Prague, someone I know had just gotten back not very long before that and from their photographs, I saw pictures of skulls and bones which sent shivers down my spine even as it intrigued the hell out of me. I wanted to see that too! A quick look through Google told me I should go to the Sedlec Ossuary (Sedlecká kostnice) and to the nearby town of Kutná Hora.

Kutná Hora is just about an hour out of Prague city and I read you can do it quite easily by train or bus. But I opted for a half day guided trip through a tour company I saw on the back of a brochure. All it called for, was for me to go to the Old Town Square in Prague at about 9.45am and look for someone holding a green umbrella. So I did and I found a lady holding a large green umbrella just as they said. The trip cost KC1290 (approx RM210) per person and included lunch, transport and a souvenir DVD haha… the last was quite unexpected.

So, here are some (ok, a lot of) pictures of this UNESCO Heritage town and what I saw while I was there.

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