Hong Kong Day 7

DAY 7 – LAST DAY
Picture this:
The elevator doors open to a dimly lit and luxurious marble hallway. As you step out of the elevator, your eyes get accustomed to the warm glow of the candles strategically placed in the room. You hear the gentle sound of falling water and soft new age music. An impeccably dressed staff member greets you with a soft voice. ‘Welcome to your Penninsula Spa Journey’, she says. ‘We are happy you have arrived’.
You are alone in the majestic entrance of the Spa. Once the formalities are completed, you are asked to sit in a plush sofa and wait until a beauty consultant kneels in front of you with a series of questions to complete your profile. You are here for half a day; you will get a high quality treatment and an exquisite lunch by the pool. Your hostess hands you a menu: Shrimp or Terrine as an appetizer? And for your main course, the exquisitely prepared fish, the fresh pasta, or the chef’s surprise? Desert also needs to be chosen; and all choices meet strict nutritional requirements whilst making no compromise on flavor. You let the beauty consultant recommend the desert.
Next you must choose: facial or massage? Once your choice is made, she analyzes your skin type, and recommends a procedure. But first, you must visit this sanctuary of seclusion and peace, and spend some time relaxing in this environment of sheer aesthetic bliss.
The experience promises to revitalize mind, body and spirit. You are escorted to the ninth floor, as two spa therapists give you the grand tour. The first thing you notice is the spectacular harbor view from inside the dry sauna. Hong Kong is literally at your feet.
You tour the facilities. Centered in the large hammam is a 3 foot pink crystal designed to get rid of any body and spirit impurities. The peppermint smell promises to revitalize all of your senses. The most impressive feature of the spa however is the lifestyle shower. Built in a blue ceramic tower, the lifestyle shower has three colored buttons from which to press. Press the blue button and a rain shower falls complete with a flowered sent and blue lighting. The green button changes the hues to green, a cold mist chills your warm body and the sent goes from floral to herbal. Finally the pink button veils you in a pink glow, twenty water jets firing warm sprays from all around, and a fruity sent accompanying the bliss.
Next to the shower is a small mountain of crushed ice should you need to pat some coldness on your skin as you exit the warm sauna. You try the facilities for 40 minutes, the maximum time recommended by your beauty consultant, before you transition to the next portion of your spa journey.
You are then shown to the relaxation room which also has an impressive harbor view. There are 12 reclining day beds with push quilts to choose from. You opt for one closest to the window. You are offered a mango yogurt while you relax. You can pick your own music, position your bed to the optimal comfort level from which you read a few pages of your book. Bliss.
Ten minutes before your facial you are escorted to the spa’s central area where a curtain of water surrounds a comfortable seating area. You are offered lychee tea and are asked to relax as you wait for your to escort you to the room where your facial will be performed.
Facials are designed to give your skin a revitalizing treatment like no other. Deep cleanse, creams, restorative beauty treatments…. ‘Are you comfortable madam? Are you warm enough? Are you enjoying your experience? Is there anything we can do to better serve you?’
The fifty minutes are over much too quickly.
You are escorted to the pool area. Picture a 50 feed deep blue sanctuary of deep pools and waterfalls encased in a glass veranda overlooking the harbor view. Lunch is served. Impeccably. Course after course of delicious yet healthy foods. You eat in silence. You bask in the silence.
Once lunch is cleared away, you are escorted back down to the spa’s main area. ‘Would it be alright to use the spa facilities a bit longer?’ you enquire. Of course.
You take it all in once again. You settle into the relaxation room, noticing that you have been alone in this palace the entire day… never have you crossed paths with another guest. You spend 3 hours in the relaxation room reading and sleeping.
You are queen for a day.