Comments on: Thai Foot Massage Can be a Fishy Business

By: My First Thai Massage | Location180

My First Thai Massage | Location180 — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:08:38 +0000

[...] myself getting used to a daily massage. I’m even contemplating getting one of the “fish massages” that I’ve heard so much about. There is one across the street from my hotel, so I [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:21:45 +0000

Tickle by fish: whatever next. Can’t wait to give it a try on my next trip in April. Another great post Talen. Thank’s for sharing.

By: Vietnam Hotels

Vietnam Hotels — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:03:13 +0000

It is a fishy business. We start to have services like that in Vietnam as well.

By: Ursula Comeau

Ursula Comeau — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:56:07 +0000

Hmmm – I don’t know if I’d be brave enough to try it…
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By: Talen

Talen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:05:26 +0000

BP that would be cruel to do to your better half but I have to admit I would love to see the outcome

By: bpSchool

bpSchool — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:54:49 +0000

Awesome, I would live to take my better looking half it would freak her out bad she suffers from Ichthyophobia. I love fish and I don't know if I would like it either pretty freaky. Actually she runs a beauty salon wonder if we should offer it LOL... .-= bpSchool´s last blog ..Using your digital SLR camera: Priority modes =-.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:26:33 +0000

Rick, prices change weekly, but to give you an idea…

I dislike shopping, so I generally load down with a week and a half worth of groceries (if I’m going to be in the country).

And when a cart full at Villas hit 6000 baht too many times, I went looking elsewhere.

Paragon and the Emporium are lovely, but they often have Villa Market prices (they have Tescos prices too but you need to compare).

I don’t like Carrefour or Big C, so I tentatively tried out Tescos for a first time.

The total bill (a loaded down cart) came to a little over 2000 baht.

Around 2000 baht is what the bill is at Villa for a quick, ‘I need to run in and get a few things’.

So I went to Tescos the next trip. Ditto. And another. Ditto.

At Tescos, I have never had a grocery bill over 3000 baht, even with visitors poking in.

And each time, I’m walking out with a large basket filled mostly with fruit and veg (both are killer prices at Villa Market) and staples (washing up liquid, cat food, kitty litter, fish, rice, etc).

I bought a single mango at Villa market for the same price as a bag of sweet mangoes at Tescos (four or six mangoes, I forgot already, but it does not matter).

But the most expensive (unexpected) item bought at Tescos was a seedless watermelon at around 200 baht. It was such a novelty, the Tesco gals and myself stood around my cart ‘oooohing’ at the price.

Mai bpen rai…
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By: Talen

Talen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:33:25 +0000

Rick, What Martyn isn’t telling is that the mermaids in Thailand are ladyboys…

By: Siam.Rick

Siam.Rick — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:20:27 +0000

You guys are such adventurers! Buuut, I might try to feet eating fish thingy as long as there are mermaids. I think Martyn is onto a good thing.

Cat, you are a retail goddess. Tesco has Villa stuff at half price? Gold mine! Tesco at Fortune Town has some really pretty clerks, too.

Argh! How can you tell I’ve been away from BKK for too long?
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By: Talen

Talen — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:36:40 +0000

Martyn, I don;t know if I would be adventurous enough to let fish eat me in the open water.

Cigarettes or not…You must be an amateur smoker at that…hell I could smoke while SCUBA diving.

Those aren’t my feet actually…they are of another customer being eaten. I was a lil drunk that night so I thought it best not to be taking pictures while getting the fish massage. But looking at my feet right now they don’t seem to far off.