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Gara ruffa

Little fish hard at work


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Blog: Here Fishy, Fishy – the Fish Spa, Chiang Mai
Date: April 30th 2012

The first time I saw a fish spa was in Singapore. Clients would put their feet in a tank of warm water filled with garra rufa, or doctor fish as they're known to most of the world, and let the fish nibble off the dead skin and calluses. I was intrigued by it, but couldn’t quite bring myself to try it. Since then, I’ve seen fish spas throughout Asia, and I decided that it w ... read more


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