Plans for the weekend were originally just a massage and some runs. Jack had some business to do but at the last minute he changed his plans. I have been working on being more spontaneous so when he suggested to travel to Huizhou to visit a hot spring I said “sure!”
I booked a room at the Intercontinental hotel using hotels.com. Instead of a single room and using the public hot spring, I used my free room credit towards a room with its own hot spring. Then we could use whenever we wanted.
We left early in the morning and when we arrived we were happy to find it upgraded and the reservation changed to a villa. Since the pandemic, travel was slow to resume and especially to bring expats back. A good business move to bring business with a good review. Here is a video of the villa at the Intercontinental.
The villa in pictures. The kitchen is not great but there is room service and a couple of restaurants on the resort and a little town nearby.
Walking
After walking around and a dip in the hot spring, we chose to go to the village to eat. Eggplant, green beans, and bitter melon as one dish with eggs and tofu skins for another. Not bad but not exceptional. We did eat western food for lunch in the hotel earlier.
Running the next morning we went around the large golf course at the resort.
Of course we spent more hours after the buffet breakfast in the hot spring. The buffet was better than average and it was cool after a rainy day yesterday. As we were refilling the hot spring we noticed the centipede. He would have no where to go as the water is rising so I scooped him up between two cups and set him loose in the bushes.
Before we left I also toured a 3 bedroom villa. It would be great for a bunch of people to come here. Three separate bedroom areas and lots of room. The kitchen is nicer too. Hmmmm… When touring I rescued a pair of frogs too.
