Malaysian airlines managed to fly us safely over the eerily stark Middle East to Phuket where we completed a week long raw food detox at Santosa, a wellness retreat set upon a mountain. Each day consisted of 6am yoga, an afternoon massage and twice daily self-administered colonic irrigations. Bliss. Jaymin struggled tremendously on his first attempt, emerging from his chamber incredibly frazzled after more than an hour (3x the time it took the rest of us). He managed to get it figured out and within no time he was cleaning out his bowels like a pro.

Our stay at Santosa proved to be a very calming experience, enabled by the beautiful surroundings, staff and fellow detoxers.

The raw meals were delicious and impeccably presented. Yum!

Our already busy schedules were completed with various classes of exercise, meditation & nutrition and in the afternoons after our final colonic we would sit in the herbal sauna and work up enough of a sweat to go out and jump in the ice bath.

We left the resort only a few times, to visit the beach and the Big Buddha but were quick to return to the tranquility.

My adopted pet in Thailand was named Turtle. She would visit our apartment every evening for a few hours and cause havoc running around jumping on things and chewing through chords.

Before long it was time to say goodbye to new friends (and cats) and head back to Australia with bright eyes and bushy tails.

T & J