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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 18889369" data-attributes="member: 158020">-The Hot Sand Baths Of Siwa- Between July to September, during the hottest months of the year when  temperature hovers around 37 degrees in the shade, people from all over  Egypt and elsewhere flock to the desert oasis town of Siwa in the  Libyan desert in western Egypt to take turns at being immersed in  scalding hot sand for up to 15 minutes at a time. Local doctors, as well  as those who underwent the treatment, claim that just three to five  days of regular sand bathing can cure sufferers from rheumatism and  arthritis, and even infertility or impotence.   Sand bathing is a  traditional treatment developed by the Berbers of this isolated  settlement near Dakrror Mountain, about 50 km east of the Libyan border,  and 560 km from Cairo. The treatment beings around midday when the sun is at its highest  position in the sky and the air is as hot as it can get. Patients are  taken to a designated spot in the desert where they take off their  clothes before an experienced Siwan buries them in a sand pit. After ten  to fifteen minutes they are dug out and quickly moved to a nearby tent  which has been exposed to the sun so they act like saunas. After the  desert treatment, patients are taken to a house to cool down and change  into fresh clothes before dinner.   The treatment last between  three to five days during which they are not allowed to shower or allow  cold air onto their skin. They also take only hot drinks and hot food.  On the last day of the treatment, patients get a relaxing massage with  oil and vinegar to help close the open pores.   The treatment  costs about 300 to 400 Egyptian pounds ($38 to $51) per day, which  includes accommodation and food. Before the 2011 uprising that toppled  Hosni Mubarak, many foreign tourists came to experience sand bathing,  but the recent political turmoil and attacks by Islamist militants have  kept many tourists away from Egypt. <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7lmlIYLqryM/VeCIAtUcKII/AAAAAAABGP0/DhqOukELef4/siwa-sand-bath-1%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (A patient buried in the hot sand looks out from under a shade that protects his face from the sun in Siwa, Egypt.) <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EWUsuW-yM-M/VeCIBh8TPwI/AAAAAAABGP8/ag9kkZMZlJ8/siwa-sand-bath-2%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VD8O5acsMG4/VeCIC6sw4AI/AAAAAAABGQE/d-LRLczyufE/siwa-sand-bath-14%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1DoZ1pCOhE4/VeCIDyJ6qsI/AAAAAAABGQM/7qZsi182iuY/siwa-sand-bath-13%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aQ2HF3X6zio/VeCIFGC1bWI/AAAAAAABGQU/rLSjycnd6Ks/siwa-sand-bath-12%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (A worker gives a massage to a patient buried in sand by pressing on his shoulders with his feet in Siwa, Egypt.) <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Iiz_sivE4z0/VeCIGaHhc5I/AAAAAAABGQc/F5XOUEbE7xA/siwa-sand-bath-11%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (Workers help to bury a patient in the sand during his sand bath in Siwa, Egypt.) <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iiGzLTACXng/VeCIHXjPAGI/AAAAAAABGQk/_3jDREuh_TQ/siwa-sand-bath-10%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (A patient grimaces as a worker covers his body in hot sand in Siwa, Egypt.) <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k4cFlePsOpQ/VeCIRjgKnEI/AAAAAAABGQs/IIbwycyPBTg/siwa-sand-bath-6%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (A worker helps patients, who are wrappd in a blanket, leave a “sauna” tent after their sand baths in Siwa, Egypt.) <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iyNjl5qlfJ4/VeCIXZb4CEI/AAAAAAABGQ0/WDVhWlCMrXI/siwa-sand-bath-3%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (A worker helps a patient covered with a blanket to go to a sauna-like  tent after he was removed from the hot sands where he was buried in  Siwa, Egypt) <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EHWFSlXfnRY/VeCIY6guaBI/AAAAAAABGQ8/ndmUGD3smVY/siwa-sand-bath-4%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (Patients relax in a tent that acts as a sauna after their sand bath in Siwa, Egypt.) <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WkymGo916b0/VeCIZ9A-4yI/AAAAAAABGRE/6g7q6Dx_bCo/siwa-sand-bath-5%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (Patients drink herbal tea inside a tent used as a sauna as they relax after their sand bath in Siwa, Egypt.) <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7WaDpLI4ejE/VeCIbZWpc-I/AAAAAAABGRM/4Jv3Ieae-Ls/siwa-sand-bath-7%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (A patient sits in a car wrapped in a blanket after his sand bath treatment in Siwa, Egypt.) <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8ojv9XxlFzQ/VeCIciquc5I/AAAAAAABGRU/PVSyqwgxsXc/siwa-sand-bath-20.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (Patients relax after finishing their sand bath treatment in a rest area where they spend the night in Siwa, Egypt.)</blockquote>

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