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Ginger tea and paper underwear: My strange adventure in an Indonesian spa

JAKARTA—I can now say I've had an Indonesian woman pull down my paper underwear and scrub my butt.

A three-hour "spa sampler" package at our hotel was about $100, so it seemed like (and was) the best idea ever after a round of 15-hour work days. My coworker Frank and I showed up at the spa for our body scrub, hydrotherapy, Indonesian massage, and pedicure. Never having had any of those services except a pedicure, I was as filled with curiosity as I was with dim sum from the breakfast buffet. I have no idea if hydrotherapy and body scrubs are like this in the U.S., but I’m now well-versed in Indonesian spa treatments and figured I should share the knowledge.

First we start with the scrub. Actually, we start with me in a little room with my...spa director, let's call her. She tells me to undress and stands there expectantly. She then hands me a little roll of paper "underwear." I put on the disposable underwear and start picturing way too many different people wearing something that looks like a shower cap for your butt. I lay face down on a big sheet of plastic wrap and the scrub is pretty much what you’d expect: a woman rubs scrubbing salts all over your body and crevices. It’s a bit surprising to have hands in places no one has ever scrubbed, but after the initial shock it’s rather relaxing and fabulous. To end the body scrub, I was directed to take a shower with my spa-ist standing there waiting. The result: my skin was as soft as baby lemur's butt. (As a side note, if you want coffee that has been through a lemur, Indonesia's the place.)

My next service was Indonesian massage, which is not like Thai massage where they try to bend you into pretzel shapes and almost pull your limbs off, but more like the massages most of us are probably used to.

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