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Today I am at the end of my
journey and as I wait at Bangkok airport my flight is at 0500 hours so check in
will be at 0200 hours, and I am in Transit, I await and reminicanse the trip
that was, I am fondly remember The Banin Experience, It was June 1st
I am at the town of Irkutsk, we shall
experience “ The Bania” Russian bathing tradition where the steam room is
heated up to 75 degrees Centigrate, and one sits there for as long as one can, then comes out & has a bath in water
that’s at normal atmosphere temperature in this day it will be 9 degrees cold
water, & one can repeat the process a few times, in between the rounds of
hot and cold, one could also beat up ones own back, or if you have a friend
along, can beat up the back of the each other with a bush, which is dipped in
cold water, all this process to get the pores open in the cold Siberian winter.
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I arrive at the house of Gulnara, a lovely lady from village of
Mamony,
she and her husband were kind
enough to have me over and let me experience Bania
There house completely made
of wood, and is handmade, work in progress for eight years and a few rooms is
still to be put togather, kitchen and living space on ground floor and bedrooms
on top floor, How amazing is it to make ones house, Evgeny's( husband of Gulnara) talent just amazing to craft it by oneself,, How I would love to be skilled enough to do such a project someday. Anyway I digress, The Bania is a separate chamber a room rather Two rooms
that’s a separate structure, wonderfully
made the logs are sealed with Jute( yes the same just that I grow one crop of
back in India ) with a steam room , and a cold room, and a room to prepare
oneself before the bania.
In the ante room, getting ready me and Evgeny
So here I am outside the cold-room,
and ready to step in and have a cold shower, n then head inside the camber 75
Degrees, and boy was it hot, after a few minutes, maybe 3 – 4, we made a exit
and had a cold shower, I had my back beaten by the birch bush
and it felt good,
I was ready for round two,
Ready for Bania
once inside on round two, I could be there only a
minute and a half, before it got too hot for me, and I made a exit, it was
amazing and post the cold shower, I was in a
Warm state, Loved it, the
skin texture felt very different for sure, and was a warm feeling, not having experienced one before, the skin sure felt more rough and maybe more porous.
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