Blogs from Mae Hong Son, North-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 9

After Pai we went to Mae Hong Son which is a town not far from the Burmese (Myanmar) border. It was quite an adventure getting there, and not because you had to pass through several Thai army checkpoints on the way. The adventure was the transport itself, an ancient rickety bus. We thought that there were two types of bus going from Pai to Mai Hong Son, the normal daily bus and a more expensive mini van. We had planned to use the mini bus, which although more expensive would be quicker, more comfortable and could be booked in advance. Alas, we were told fairly brusquely at the bus station that there was only one bus and that it could not be booked. We could get no other information as to cost etc so we just ... read more

After our 5th week in Thailand, we left Pai to get away from the black hole of hippy enlightenment and headed out on the famous MaeHongSong loop. We found a simple little guesthouse on the little lake in the center of town. I immediately got off on the wrong note with the lady running the place when I asked if there was a discount if we were to stay for 3 nights. "Cheap for you!" she said with a frown. This is an interesting point about Thailand and SE Asia. Julija has had success with this approach more than a few times, saving us significant dough, however, sometimes, as in this case, the owner can be very offended at your haggling. MaeHongSon is a quaint little town with not much going on besides a few little ... read more

Une autre partie du voyage qui tombe dans la categorie des moments inoubliables!!! Depuis la derniere entree, j'ai passe une derniere soiree a Mae-Sot, ou, comme a l'habitude, je suis aller prendre un bon petit repas au Kuna Canadian (un restaurant qui est tenu par un ancien resident Canadien de Toronto et de sa conjointe qui est Thai). Ensuite, je suis aller retrouver au bar le Thai-me's quelques travailleurs humanitaires, un jeune canadien qui enseigne l'anglais aux thai et quelques americains qui, comme d'habitude, sont des les bars pour prendre un mechant coup... Donc, j'ai perdu quelques parties de dards contre Win (comment peut-on gagner quand son adversaire s'appelle Win...) J'ai aussi appris que la cellule pres de mon hotel, ce ne sont pas des gens qui attendent leur statut de refugies, ce sont des gens ... read more

Kate On the long and winding road..... to Mae Sariang The road out of Chiang Mai twists and turns up and down the mountains on the way out to Mae Hong Son, a town in the very north of Thailand near the Burmese border. The road was narrow and on either side the hedges were full of yellow sunflowers. We were on our way around the Mae Hong Son Loop, a road through the mountains of North Thailand that loops to Mae Hong Son and the back to Chiang Mai. We visited Pai, a hippy town on the loop last year from Chiang Mai. We loved the place and the scenery was beautiful so we wanted to explore more of the area. It's an 8 hour bus journey from Chiang Mai to Mae Hong Son, and ... read more

We've had a bit of an adventure today.We met our guide at 8am this morning and drove to a small village about 15 mins away. This was where we got to ride an elephant I was a little dissapointed as i thought we would do more of a scenic trek than we did but it was still a fun thing to do. When we got off we were also able to feed him some bamboo and bananas. he was a beautiful creature and i loved his hairy head! I wnat a pet one! After this we went into the very small village and teh guide showed us where they make whiskey from rice. We also met t2 other people who were spending the rest of teh day with us Baum and Wendy from belgium.We then all ... read more