Not for the Squeamish

The O Fam has been hanging out in Thailand the last two weeks. I hope to have quite a few posts this week about our travels. The highlight of our trip was my mom's visit to Thailand. But....more on that later.

Today I would like to share with you a rather gross/cool experience we had, and even paid for. We had been in Thailand a few days when we began seeing people with their feet in a fish tank with the fish swarming their feet. We inquired as to what in the world they were doing, and found out that the fish "eat off" the dead skin on your feet. So, on an afternoon we had free.....we did it. All the cool kids were doing it, so we joined in!

And let me just say.....the first 5 minutes was DISGUSTING!!!!! As soon as you stick your feet in the water fish swarm your feet and begin nibbling. It is a feeling unlike I have ever experienced. I couldn't look, just had to close my eyes until I got used to it. And still, after that, it was hard to watch. Even the pictures make me a little sick.

I was the first to put my feet in, and it took me a while..... Then, Hudson stuck his feet in, laughing hysterically the whole time. Then there was Rob. He put his feet in, then immediately yelled pulling his feet out. A Thai lady was sitting close by and got so tickled watching Rob, she had to hide her face she was laughing so hard! But finally Rob was able to keep his feet in the water. You will notice there are no pictures of Hannah. Let's just say, maybe she has the more sense than the rest of us!