Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Day 2 Part 5 Flesh eating what?

Ok...as you can see this is turning into a long day. And I still have the last part to post after this one. But the nice thing is that even with everything we did we didn't rush. But I guess you get more time in a day when in starts at 5 am to watch a sunrise :) So after our fishing village we ate ice cream at the Blue Pumpkin, having scoped out the flavors at lunch time. I got three scoops, Dark Chocolate, Coconut, and Strawberry. I just have to say it was pure heaven in my mouth, especially the Dk Chocolate and Coconut. I love all the fresh fruit and fun flavors they offer here. We left the restaurant to seek out our next objective...Dr. Fish. I think the video kind of speaks for its self. You can hear my friend Heather faintly before I chime in. Let's just say all the dead skin was gone and my feet felt nice and smooth...
You sit on a ledge that goes around a tank of water filled with fish. And yes the fish are so tiny that I as was sitting there I saw their little poo floating by and thought, "wow, that's me". There goes my dead skin in the form of poop. Here also is a picture of my feet in the water. You can see my stellar nails from one of the training centers here in the city. They take girls who were either trafficked/abused or are at risk of that happening and give them some options for learning a skill. I don't think they did a bad job for $2.00 :) I should mention that putting my feet in with the fish was very strange. Heather and I both wanted to pull our feet out as soon as we put them in. I could feel their little teeth grazing my flesh but it didn't hurt...though I am not sure if I will do it again. Dr. Fish it seems has made his way to Phnom Penh as I have seen these little tanks set up around the city now.

4 comments:

Stephen and Michelle said...

Yeah, count me out on that part of my visit...that is just very disturbing to me :) :)

What, you chose chocolate icecream over corn? What are you thinking?!? :)
Michelle

Nicole Schara said...

I always thought I was adventurous... perhaps not though, as I'm not quite sure I'd willingly put my feet in a fish bowl as live bait for fish to nibble on...

Way to try new things - I'm impressed! :-D

Nicki

Anonymous said...

I wonder ... will this be one of the things you will miss when you are back home?

Anonymous said...

Another thing, it seem that this gives a whole new meaning to "fish dinner". ;-)
Bill