The Good The Bad & The Ugly: The Spa Koh Chang

After 12 months circumnavigating the globe we decided to book ourselves in for a bit of a detox. Now to reassure Adams Dad this is not the same as booking ourselves into rehab or the priory. The aim of the game here is to flush out the system of any harmful toxins or parasites living inside of you.

The Good

Koh Chang is one of Thailands most beautiful islands. Being located in the Gulf of Thailand right by the Cambodia border it's right in our direction. As with the above detoxifying, this is all about wellness and healthy living. We did a 3.5 day fast, this included over 60 herbal supplements, daily carrot juice, coconut water, vegetable broth, and liver flush drinks (these consisted of olive oil, ginger, garlic and cayenne pepper - suprisingly tasty). Throw in the swimming pool, herbal sauna and thai massage and all this must add up to one healthy body.

The Bad

This was a 3.5 day FAST. That means no eating. At all. Nothing. Nada. This was certainly a challenge, especially the first day and half.  After this it starts to get easier, maybe you learn not to fight it, or maybe you’re just full from all the liquids.  Also bad, the liver flush drinks, although these are the closest thing to food (you can really taste the garlic and cayenne pepper) there are a few side effects from these.  After drinking you can get a headache or start to feeling quite achy and nauseous, this is supposedly normal and means that you really needed that liver flush.  The big bad though, daily enema’s....

The Ugly

The enema really needs to go under ugly.  For anyone that doesn’t know what this is, you are probably better not knowing, and for anyone that does you will appreciate why this needs to go under both Bad and Ugly.  The less said here the better.

All in this was an experience, a chance to flush ourselves out after a year of eating good but not necessarily ‘good for you’ food.  We’ve made it through the other side feeling a lot better, and knowing the health benefits should put us in good stead for the next few years.

We are now back in Bangkok.  We are fast approaching the end of our trip, as I write this we have around 12 hours before we will be heading to the airport for our return flight to London.  Just enough time to check out Bangkok’s lively weekend market, the largest market in Thailand, and get some souvenirs and that final pad thai and fresh coconut.

See you soon!