Pear Wa Premium Day Spa offers many kinds of Massages, like traditional Thai massage, reflexology  massage, relaxing oil massage, aromatic oil massage, and Thai herbal compress massage.

There’s also a wide range of spa treatments, like body wrap, body scrub, waxing, beauty and detox treatments, using Oligo Spa, Silhouette  and Golden Moor products.

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เหนือกว่าการเติมความชุ่มชื้น คือความอ่อนเยาว์ใต้ผิวTreatment Packages

Silver Spa Treatment
ขัดผิวนวลทั้งตัว	1 ชม.
นวดเซรั่มบำรุงล้ำลึกทั้งตัว	1 ชม.
2 ชม. = 2,500 บาท
Gold Spa Treatment
ขัดผิวนวลทั้งตัว	1 ชม.
พอกผิวและแร็ปทั้งตัวเพื่อเติมแร่ธาตุให้กับผิว	1 ชม.
นวดอโรม่าผ่อนคลายเรือนร่าง	1 ชม.
3 ชม. = 3,800 บาท
Platinum Spa Treatment
ขัดผิวนวลทั้งตัว	1 ชม.
พอกผิวและแร็ปทั้งตัวเพิ่อเติมแร่ธาตุให้กับผิว	1 ชม.
นวดเซรั่มบำรุงล้ำลึกทั้งตัว	1 ชม.
นวดหน้าใสด้วยวิตามิน C	1½ ชม.
4½ ชม. = 5,500 บาท

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Jak, an art teacher, gives art lessons to kids on weekends in a well lit and air conditioned studio. English speaking kids are welcome.

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Tattoo with electric machine

If you had to carry in your personal purse a cure for cold, nausea, dizziness, sore muscles, arthritis, and insect bites, you’d need a huge purse. If only all those medicines could fit into a small bottle, you could look only half a hypochondriac. That’s what Yellow oil is for. It is a traditional Thai medicine, that can sometimes save you a doctor’s visit, and certainly a lot of pain.

Yellow oil came to Thailand from China and exists in different versions all over south east Asia. Thai Yellow Oil has unique qualities because of the high grade of the plants it is made of. The families that make the oil keep the recipe a secret. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of home-made yellow oil brands, but the queen of Yellow Oil is a town called Trat, close to the southern border with Cambodia. This area is especially rich in fauna, even in Thai standards.

The best Yellow Oil in Trat is made by Somthawin, a local lady who started selling it door to door many years ago. These days she has 2 shops in Trat, and a small workshop in the family’s residence where the oil is manually produced. Nobody will tell you what exactly they put in their oil, but Trat residents say it contains menthol, a local kind of camphor called Ka Ra Boon, eucalyptus oil, a plant called Pim Sen (another kind of camphor) and a plant called Prai (Cassumunar in Latin), from the ginger family. Prai is responsible for the yellow color and is considered by Thais a magic medicine for all illnesses.

Usage: Yellow oil is not massage oil. It is much more concentrated and doesn’t need to be massaged in thoroughly, only spread over the skin. If you have a sore muscle or arthritis, just rub it on the skin and cover the place to keep it worm. Try to rest for a few minutes. You can use it on insect bites and make them disappear in a minute, or open the bottle and breath through it for cold or dizziness relief. You can also put a few drops on a piece of cloth and breath through.

Important: wash your hands thoroughly after rubbing the oil. You don’t want it in your eyes.

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There are many bank branches in town, but this is the only one open on weekends.

Since this is the page people get to when searching for a bank, here’s how to find other bank branches in Trat: ATMs are marked as $ icons on the map below (and all other maps on this site) although they aren’t actual items on our site (would be a bit boring to give each one a page).

All ATMs on Sukhumvit road (colored yellow on the maps) are near a bank branch. Easy.

They’re not completely blind, so don’t stick your tongue at them

King and her husband Senjan are experts in a technique called “line massage” (or nerve massage. In Thai: Nuat sen). They only charge 160-200 Baht for 2 hours.

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Also a book shop

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At Serge’s book shop you can Buy/sell/exchange books in quite a few languages. Serge, who speaks French and English, has a nice collection of tourist’s guides, art and photography books, cook books and fiction of all kinds. The shop also sells handcrafted artifacts, clothing accessories, hammocks, jewelry and more – all hand-picked by Serge during his journeys around Thailand.

Serge’s wife, Bpoo, is an experienced massage teacher. Her expertise is classic (Wat pho style) and “nerve touch massage” (nûat jàp sên). You can simply ask for a massage or take a 5-10 days course. Bpoo also teaches Thai traditional cooking at very reasonable prices. Ask for more details at the shop.

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Also: 2 ATM machines, food stalls at the entrance, and shops around the parking lot.

The tattoo is traditional bamboo style

The cellar is an airconned supermarket, and the floors above it sell clothes, cosmetics, home appliances, electronic equipment and more.