I wish we’d found the spa before our second last day in Luang Prabang. They would have seen us every day for sure…
The Lao Herbal Sauna spa is located on a back alley off a main street in Luang Prabang in an airy second-floor with curtained areas for the massages, and a very tidy change and shower area. There is also a sauna, but in the already-oppressive heat, that was not at all enticing!
As “Jen” worked on my back and legs I drifted off to the muted sounds of boys playing lawn bowling nearby, murmurs from women washing further along the back street, a couple of cats in heat, fans… and of course the ever-present mood music that seems to play in spas everywhere.
At the end of my hour-long luxury, I found a chair in the lounge and poured a cool glass of water as Katharine signed the guest book.
As I leaned back, I had to chuckle. Hooked on a nail on the back of a structural post was the source of the spa’s mood music: an Apple iPod connected to a couple of speakers!
