Bangkok, Day 54 afternoon

It's Feb 13th. I ate lunch with Eat and Ped at the other Peking Chinese restaurant. They do not like Chinese spicy. The tingle of the Schezaun peppercorns. Top to bottom: pork stuffed hot peppers, tofu stir fry, fried spicy potato hotpot, Schezaun peppercorn fish (Schezaun Yi), and spicy pepper chicken (laziji). The last two are my favorite Chinese dishes. Actually two of my favorite things to eat period.

After lunch we went to "Srinakarin Sauna 42," a spa and we ventured into the hotest saunas I've ever been in. I think it said 44° Celsius. We had a salt scrub in the first sauna, followed by an icy water plunge for a few minutes that was so cold (18° C) I could see my breath, then onto the hot tub (45° C). After eating some fruit and ice tea we repeated it again, but in a hotter sauna. My skin felt like it was on fire. Every breath I took burned my throat and nose hairs. There was so much steam I couldn't tell if anyone else was inside with me or not. The top of my head felt like it had molten metal on it. Then a third time in the hottest sauna, ice, and hot. After hydrating I repeated everything a fourth and fifth time. I spent 10-20 minutes in the saunas each round. Wow, I feel great and makes the 90+ degree Bangkok heat feel chilly.