Archive for June 20th, 2009

Aquatonic Spa – Crowne Plaza

My friend Oryx had this urge to go swimming, so she looked up swimming pools. She then told me about this spa in Crowne Plaza and they had this therapeutic swimming pool, if you wanted to go for a day, it’s 50 KD. The good thing is they had an offer, for 30 KD, you’ll start at aquatonic pool for about an hour, then there is leg scrub treatment, then one hour massage and then you get a free lunch/dinner at any of Crowne Plaza restaurants. They had several packages, but we chose this one.

Aquatonic Pool’; the first of its kind in the Middle East and unique to the Crowne Plaza Kuwait, offers a selection of water therapies and experience showers, which adds a further holistic dimension to the facilities which we offer to our guests and members. The 500m² Aquatonic pool offers you a unique and holistic therapeutic experience via a variety of forces and temperatures being projected from jets and pipes. 163 different nozzles, aqua chairs and massage fountains, have been designed to create an active pool to exercise and rejuvenate.

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The experience was amazing, there are specific hours/weekdays, allocated for ladies. Our slot was on Saturday from 9 AM to 12 PM. Upon arriving to the spa before 9 AM, we had to wait, I just remembered that we were promised drinks but didn’t get any! Anyway can’t complain for a 30 KD offer ;)

The place is built-up really well, you don’t have to bring anything with you, they’ll give you robes and towels. We changed and were escorted to the pool, there was an instructor who handed us head caps and explained to us what needs to be done at each station in the water.

If you take a good look at the picture above from their site, there are showers and pressure points within the pool. You have to move from one place to another and stay at a position for a specific time. I really recommend it. There isn’t much swimming involved really, but we had loads of fun. One hour isn’t enough to go through it all, we had our massages booked for 10 AM.

We got out and then headed for the steam room, we stayed for about 15 minutes and were escorted to our next scheduled leg treatment and then massage.

The rooms were grand and had everything in them. Changing space, bathroom and a shower. After we were done with our massage, they took us to a resting place to drink herbal tea.

We asked about our lunch/dinner coupon and they called up the restaurant we chose and the downside of it they already selected the meals for you. We changed to a Lebanese restaurant that wasn’t that good. But again, can’t complain, it was a good offer.

Check out their site (link) and contact them to see if they have any offers.

An advice, show up early before 9 AM to get into the pool, because it gets kind of crowded. That way you don’t have to wait for your stations. The overall experience was great :D

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Movies

I’ve been to a movie every week for sometime now. The weather doesn’t help for outdoor activities.

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I like animation and Pixar always delivers great ones.

By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfil his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn’t alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.

The story line as an overall, is about postponing your dreams and goals, till one day you realize it might be too late to fulfil them. This is a great movie, that grown ups and kids will enjoy.

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I absolutely love both the actors and was excited to go see them work together.

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day’s work for dispatcher Walter Garbe into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

The end was disappointing for me. I thought it’ll end up with a twist, Swordfish style. And I didn’t understand why Walter, Denzel, will choose to risk his life after he fulfilled his task.

As it is always with censored movies, they chopped off foul language! Why they do that, a mystery to me. Overall the movie was good.

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If you tell me Sandra Bullock, I say Speed.

A pushy boss forces her young assistant to marry her in order to keep her Visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada.

It was a light fun movie. But I think they cut off a whole scene. Because within the movie, they refer to a dancing incident which we didn’t see. It was fun, I giggled here and there. If you are in the mood of something light, go see this movie, if you don’t mind it being censored much.

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