Health club spa baths: Luxurious treat or Health & Safety nightmare?

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I once almost caught ameobic meningitis off some natural hot spring in New Zealand (it was called Kerosin, I should have known) but that's another story.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 24 October 2002 16:40 (twenty-three years ago)

I mean 'amoebic'. And I didn't really. But I could have.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 24 October 2002 16:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Must admit, I'm a bit suss of them myself. Ditto public swimming pools, especially those which have had any number of either helplessly incontinent or just malicious kids in them. Rather go for the bath/radox/candles thing at home. At least Radox doesn't cause ame....amoe....ami.....that thing that you just said, does it. Does it?

― lol p xx, Thursday, 24 October 2002 17:01 (twenty-three years ago)

My sister went to England about ten years ago and when she visited the Roman baths in Bath they told her that there was an outbreak of meningitis, and not to even touch the water.

If it looks like they keep it clean go ahead and indulge - that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

― nickn (nickn), Saturday, 26 October 2002 07:13 (twenty-three years ago)

two years pass...

This thread has such great potential. It makes me sad that there were only 3 responses, and only 2 from people who were not N.

― Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 28 January 2005 16:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I just went to this place a couple weeks ago:

http://www.ojocaliente.com

it was awesome.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 28 January 2005 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

there are 500 of these in Calistoga and I've been to none because I don't know which are good and which are janky. recommendations please!

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 28 January 2005 17:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Normally I'm not a germ freak, but public, non-moving, non-chlorinated/ozonated forms of water that are *hot*? The correct answer = sauna, please.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 28 January 2005 19:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I use spas, and I'm okay.

― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Friday, 28 January 2005 19:55 (twenty-one years ago)

but chlorinated ones, right? and aren't you afraid of public pools?

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 28 January 2005 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

oh...yeah.

I am afraid of public pools because since I was a child I have always worried about what would happen if a whale surfaced benaath me.

― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Friday, 28 January 2005 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

it happens. don't go to that whale's n wine festival in mendocino.

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 28 January 2005 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

If I'm drunk I won't care.

― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Friday, 28 January 2005 20:24 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

recommend calistoga spas.

― Serge Protecteur (nordicskilla), Monday, 30 January 2006 18:57 (twenty years ago)

Dr. Wilkinson's. The rooms were a bit spartan, but the treatments were excellent. If you're going to do the mud, try for the first appointment of the day when it's fresh.

― Jaq (Jaq), Monday, 30 January 2006 19:08 (twenty years ago)

i went to the thermes in luz-st.-sauveur in the pyrenees and got a massage-bath-jacuzzi-thing. the first time the waterjet action changed it scared me half to death, i bolted straight up, i thought the entire bath was going to explode.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 30 January 2006 19:11 (twenty years ago)

There is a hot spring here that has an indoor bit with a health club spa/hot smimming pool. Outside they raise alligators in the hot spring, and you can see the gators through the spa's windows.

― Abbott (Abbott), Monday, 30 January 2006 21:55 (twenty years ago)

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