In addition to a day of exploring Thailand’s featured
factories and shops, our group of adventurers continued their Sunday Funday
shenanigans with a walk around the temples and markets of Chiang Mai.
Because of the recent death of Thailand’s King, temples have
been keeping their hours open longer, granting more opportunity to pay
respects. Even now, after the initial
mourning period, there are many public payments of respect to their King as
seen below at the local market.
After dinner, we noticed our feet looking rough after a long
day of walking. The solution: Fish
therapy! Thailand offers many tourist
attractions and services, such as market cabaret-style shows, Thai massages, and
freshly frozen ice cream made before your eyes. But none seemed as interesting (and ticklish)
as fish therapy. Fish therapy is a
cosmetic and spa service in which your feet are submerged in water tanks full
of small fish. These fish swarm your
feet and eat away at the dead skin cells, to reveal smoother and softer
feet. Additionally, there are claims
that fish therapy increases skin cell turnover, improves blood circulation in
lower extremities, and reduce stress. These
fish are hard workers! As seen in the
pictures, not all were convinced of these health benefits. Some could not even stand the sensation for
longer than a minute! No matter, it was
an interesting experience for an interesting memory.
(From left to right: Nicole DaSilva, Christina Andros, and Kimberly Han)
(From left to right: Dr. Diptiman Bose, Daniel Jaracz, Maura Brennan, and Kristy Nguyen)
Kristy seems to be enjoying that way too much...
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