A Spa Treat Like No Other

About 4am in the morning of March 2, I suddenly remember a spa in Manila that offers a room filled with negative ion. My head is aching for so many days now due to lack of sleep and I wanted a body massage to soothe my tired muscles. I googled negative ions and voila! Hotel H2O came up in the search results. Google says Hotel H2O is located in Manila Ocean Park along Roxas Boulevard. I am clueless how to get to Manila Ocean Park and riding a taxi from Eastwood to the park is not an option for me as fare can reach up to 500 pesos. ;) Thought of taking a combination of taxi, MRT and bus to get to the place. Roxas boulevard sounds familiar and I remember going to DFA and US embassy before.

The adventurous side of me says I can do it for the sake of experiencing that hotbed treatment. So at 8am I left Eastwood and took a taxi going to Farmer's Cubao. For a moment while standing in the queue for the MRT tickets I thought I am going crazy with not knowing where to go and what to do. Initially I planned to take an MRT up to Ayala and then a taxi going to Manila Ocean Park. However, MRT was up to Shaw station only so I took a bus bound for Mall of Asia - DFA instead. I stopped at MOA and took a taxi from there to MOP.

Going to the MOP, I saw a mini-cooper green with Mr Bean's big picture. The mini-cooper was driven by an old man. I found the little car with face of British actor plastered on it amusing but I was slow to react to take a snap of the car. We passed by the car and traffic builds up, I lost sight of it.

I enjoyed the baywalk view and the sight of yatchs.

I finally reached the MOP and saw the Hotel H2O building. I reached MOP at 10 in the morning. Zenyu Eco Spa was located at the 3rd level of the hotel. I did not have reservations and was told that therapist will be available at 12am. Yeah, I have to wait for 2 hours but I did not mind waiting. I availed of 90 mins swedish massage and 30 mins hotbed treatment.

The lounge area was also filled with negative ions. I felt my mood changed upon entering the room. The hotel staff served me a hot jasmine tea while waiting.

at 11:45am it was my turn. The long wait and long travel was worth it. The therapist kneaded my tired and aching muscles. My headache was gone as well. The therapist had a different technique from all other spas I have visited. It was really good and I knew I will request for the same therapist on my next visit.

After the massage, I was ushered into the hotbed treatment room. The whole treatment room was mine for 30 minutes. I lay on the hot tiles and sweat the toxins out of my body.

I was glad I pursued my spur of the moment plan. The money and time I spent in the spa was worth it. I look forward to visiting the spa again this month.