Chiangmai

It really is a lot of fun

My first evening in Chiangmai ends with a pleasant waterside dinner and a unique stop at a fish spa. I put my feet into an aquarium and am immediately attacked by scores of Doctor Fish. These are living exfoliant fish on work visas from Turkey, kind of like a pumice stone with fins. Garra rufa or nibble fish is a species that lives and breeds in the pools of some Turkish river systems and hot springs. For 200 Bhat or around $6, I hire them to nibble off the dead skin from my feet and between my toes. The use of the fish as a spa treatment is widely debated but I think these little nibblers need to get work visas for California. (more…)