The Banya Bath started with a basic sauna with two bundles of burch tree branches soaking in a tub of very hot water. After about 15 minutes, the host tells you to exit into a waiting area for another 10 minutes or so. Then he brings you back into the sauna, tells you to lie on your stomach and begins hitting you with the burch branches. The first couple of hits are very hot but it's not so bad after that. After a few minutes of being whipped with the sticks, you then quickly exit the sauna and jump into a pool of ice cold water. OH YEAH! Then you get to do all of this over again followed by a third trip to the sauna where you get scrubbed down with luffas; followed by a bucket of ice cold water on your head. Not recommended if you have a weak heart or any common sense. Friday, July 20, 2012
Banya Bath
The Banya Bath started with a basic sauna with two bundles of burch tree branches soaking in a tub of very hot water. After about 15 minutes, the host tells you to exit into a waiting area for another 10 minutes or so. Then he brings you back into the sauna, tells you to lie on your stomach and begins hitting you with the burch branches. The first couple of hits are very hot but it's not so bad after that. After a few minutes of being whipped with the sticks, you then quickly exit the sauna and jump into a pool of ice cold water. OH YEAH! Then you get to do all of this over again followed by a third trip to the sauna where you get scrubbed down with luffas; followed by a bucket of ice cold water on your head. Not recommended if you have a weak heart or any common sense. 
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