Fish Therapy

For the first time in I can't remember how long, we woke up early today. 6:45am. It hurt. Before you judge us, know that even though we knew we had to get up early we couldn't get to sleep before our regular bedtime of 2:00am. This is what happens when you don't get home form work until after 11:00! Anyway, back to my main point, which was.... we got up early.. and it hurt.

The reason we raised our weary heads at this ungodly hour is because Matt and Mel's (you should know them by now) manager had offered to take us to Daegu's solution to being the hottest and most humid city in Korea, Spa Valley!

Spa Valley is a popular water park and spa complex. It is comprised of a wave pool (or some would say an incy wincy ripple pool) water slides, sauna, hot springs, diving platforms and most interestingly, fish therapy! Yep, you may remember our previous story about Dr. Fish, the coffee shop where you sit with your feet in a tub while tiny fish ferociously eat away your dead skin. Well, fish therapy goes one step further. Rather than just your feet, your whole body can appreciate the hidden benefits of a fish exfoliation.

As we laid down in the shallow pool and waited, hundreds of small fish begin to make their way to feast on our now soft and wrinkly body. The hunter becomes the hunted! The tickling sensation is unbearable but somehow you slowly learn to control it. After half an hour, feeding time was over and as we were leaving our oasis the pool boy came by with his net to scoop up the odd dead fish floating on the top of the water(I hope that wasn't my fault. Cindy and Mel scolded Matt and I for catching the fish and dropping them on each other but we just couldn't stop).

We said goodbye to our fishy friends, thanked them for their exfoliational services and went on our way. Yet another wacky Korean experience that I'm sure we will never forget.