Tskaltubo Spa Experience

I have not seen the sun in four days. Not being in sunlight definitely affects your energy levels. I have always lived in warm climate places and never experienced the seasonal darkness people talk about. It is obvious that sunlight is crucial for life, but I never realized how much of an affect it can play on the human system. I am currently in a small down called Tskaltubo, outside of the third biggest city in Georgia, Kutaisi. This place is known for its hot springs and healing mineral waters. There is a lot of abandoned soviet architecture here. Joseph Stalin would come to this place for the healing properties of the waters. Today Zach, Jared and I went to one of the spas. **It was a super weird and unique experience.** We got the hydrotherapy massage. The building looked like a hospital from the 1950s. We each got our own rooms and in the rooms there was a bathtub looking thing. A nurse who barely spoke any english came and instructed me what to do. I sat in the mineral bath for ten minutes and then the nurse used a pressurized water gun to massage my body. It was weird but funny. The mineral waters here are enriched with radon which gives them their special properties. We are going back tomorrow for another session. We have another night here, but I am looking forward to being back in the sunlight in Tbilisi. Today marks one month of the start of my trip. The days all merge together and each day is filled to the brim with new experiences.