Fish spas are quickly becoming very popular in the states, but have been a staple here in Thailand for some time. You just stick your feet into an aquarium stocked w/small freshwater fish like you can buy at Petsmart. Give it about 30-45 minutes and then you have soft, bacteria-free feet. They even do your cuticles!
Jimmy, the Thai man who owned the spa I went to said, "These Japanese fish -- I order them from Japan!" There were small Red-tailed sharks, Bala Sharks, Zebra Danios, Loaches, guppies, and something else I'd never seen before.
It was kool, it felt like a million little shocks. It only tickled when one of the big loaches got going underneath my big toes.
When I get home I'm thinking I'll buy me a ten-gallon tank, put some fish in it and have my own fish-spa. In the states you can pay up to $20 for 15 minutes. Here, I paid $6 for 45 minutes. Gotta love Thailand.
After that I went next door for a 30-minute foot and leg massage ($3) by a "licensed professional" not a "farang teached" masseuse as Jimmy put it. Farangs are foreigners and not well liked here unless they are spending money. (like me!)
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