Gooey and glorious

  • 1999-11-04
  • By Anna Hanks
Seaside mud has been used for centuries as a curative for whatever ails you - inside and out. While most patients visit Estonia's mud baths to relieve serious physical complaints, Anna Hanks explores the mud bath out of curiosity.Imagine yourself immersed in warm, slippery chocolate cake batter. Except that the cake batter smells of sulfur.The post-mud bath feeling is comparable to the feeling after a massage or a sauna. You are relaxed and capable of movement, yet it is difficult to think of anything more strenuous than a leisurely walk home.Arriving at the stately, beachfront Parnu Mud Ba...
 
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