Roughing it to Pamper
Every woman deserves a bit of pamper from time to time, this day was all about us and spoiling our bodies. Reservations confirmed, bags packed, camera’s charged, router on and we were set to experience the pamper of Jozini.
our schedule:
12pm full body massage therapy 3pm boat cruise 7pm dinner. All excited and goal orientated I ignored to fill up the tank, because it wasn’t on the schedule maybe.. lol. The car was running on RESERV TANK LOW. we eventually ran out of petrol in the middle of the road, it was sooo exciting hahahahahah, i’ve never experienced that before, luckily the petrol station was 500m away so we pushed the car to the side and proceeded to get petrol.
Off we went to our pamper destination for a well deserved break away from the kids and spouses. On our way we realized we didn’t pack our swim wear and we stopped in the busy small town of Jozini infested with Chinese traders. It is orange and Avocado season because all the vendor have a pile of oranges and Avos on their table. We got some basic swim wear at the Chinese shop and off we went. As we drove we wondered why aren’t we reaching our destination but didn’t dwell on it as we passed the pay day traffic. We then discovered we missed our turn after crossing the bridge and seeing an amazing view of a building on a hill which happened to be our destination, we stopped by the bridge greeted some locals and took snaps for the Gram.
On arrival we were met at the gate by security who scanned my drivers license and car disk, security sure is tight, which is good because when on vacation you can’t be thinking about checking if the doors are locked. It does make me wonder if we even lock our door.
We rescheduled our Massage to 5pm and our boat cruise to 3pm and dinner at 7pm. Dinner is the only scheduled item we reached on time a girls gotta eat. On the cruise we nibbles on some snacks and wine, enjoying the wonder of Jozini Dam, we met a few interesting people in the cruise living their best lives. This was a brilliant start to our cruise relaxation mode it prepped us beautifully for our massage.
Our spa was beautifully located on a leafy space where you get to take in the the beautiful scenery as the massage therapist prepare for the massage. It was my first stone therapy massage I absolutely loved the calming and healing feel of the heat extracted from the stones on my back ahhhhh... take me back, and massage was absolutely wonderful.
I’m big eater so I absolutely enjoy buffets, their selection of meals are well balanced not a lot of options for vegetarians but you’ll get the basics. After our great nights rest in our Cosy room, we woke up to breathtaking views we checked out and off we went for breakfast, the lighting in the morning was great it reminds you that you’re on vacation, smile. After breakfast we took dip in the infinity pool, my goodness another first... I felt like I was in Maldives I enjoyed bringing out my beach body. We couldn’t leave the pamper spot without getting our nails done, we treated our hands and feet and off we went to the Tourism Indaba in Durban.
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