Nestled in the mountains of North West Thailand is an adorable little town called Pai. The first thing to day about our favourite place yet is that it is definately best to get the local bus from the Arcade bus station. We decided to do this to save money and sweated our arses off walking half an hour in the midday sun, with our backpacks, to the bus station. It was the most gorgeous bus journey! The bus had fans and it was cool enough in the mountains that they weren't needed anyway so an air conditioned minibus really isn't necessary. [View Full Entry]

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Chiang Mai - Chiang Rai - Pai OK, so we organised our trekking trip. Twas awesome. Met an elephant, did the bamboo rafting thing, which got a bit boring after a while coz you have to stand up the whole time. We were a group of 6, a Czech couple, another American, and a Dutch guy. We stayed in a village next to the river and just after we arrived some of us hopped in to wash off the sweat from the steep uphill climbs. One of the guides threw us a bottle of liquid soap which seemed to be intended [View Full Entry]

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Hallo Ihr Lieben! Wir möchten heute auch etwas in euren Stiefel packen, und zwar eine Nachricht von uns. Nach 2,5 Monaten in Australien, sind wir vor 2 Wochen zurück aufs Festland - nach Thailand - geflogen. Damit sind wir jetzt wieder auf demselben Stück Land wie ihr. Während sich Australien ganz viel Mühe gibt europäisch zu sein, versuchen das die Thailänder noch nicht einmal. Hier tickt die Zeit eben doch noch etwas anders. Das Land ist wunderschön. Kommt man erst einmal aus dem geschäftigen Treiben in Bangkok heraus fährt man durch Reisfelder die sich bis zum Horizont erstrecken. Übe [View Full Entry]

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After staying another night in Chiang Mai I went to Pai, which is a small and laid back backpacker hide out. There are several hotels and resorts as well as restaurants, bars and clubs. My Dutch friends were already there and they stayed in a small resort just outside of town. It consisted of several small huts around a pool and two artificial lakes. Very picturesque. The place was run by a Dutch guy as well, so the money stays in the family. I was tired from Chiang Mai and happy to find some peace and quiet. In Pai we stayed [View Full Entry]

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Thanks for reminding me to do this Jossie!!! We ended up staying in Chiang Mai for about a week and a half, we met up with Alan and Amelia again and also met an Irish guy called Brian. We all went on a trek together over the mountains in Chiang Mai whcih was amazing! It was real jungle and trekking conditions! The climbs up and down were so steep and in the sun it was horrible but 5hours later we got to our tribe camp where a wash in the river was much needed! We spent the evening around the camp [View Full Entry]

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Been in pai since yesterday afternoon, seems like a real nice chilled out place, more like a holiday destination than a town of thailand. I guess it must be judging by the amount of thais we watched buying the usual crap at the night markets. I was having dinner with my new Dutch friend Annelien who I met on the bus out here from chiang mai. She has just finished her law studies and is due to start work for a government oraganisation after travelling south east Asia. Went out for drinks last night and met a lovely couple of Irish [View Full Entry]

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After brousing around Pai's undercover market, (which seems to only sell candy floss and pyjamas!?!?) we took a trip on Nelson (our honda 125cc beast) 11km out of Pai to see Pai's Canyon. Wow what a view you get from up there!!! Rik was brave and venture out onto the thin ridge which had sheer hundred foot drops on either side. I on the other hand stayed FIRMLY on land...Heights = Not my friend!!! Even though its still scorching in the day, the whether up here in Pai has started to get cooler in the evenings. The locals reckon it two [View Full Entry]

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Went out last night (sat) to the TING TONG bar in Pai with our canadian friend Andrew ... yeah we definalty suffering the conserquences today lol !!! It went Samsun Bucket (Whiskey and coke) after Samsun Bucket after Samsun Bucket ... ect ... and involved rick falling asleep in the middle of the road, and thinking he could walk through fire! He of course tried this and then realised he seriously could not, resulting in a burned crutch ... ouch lol lol lol! Have learnt to ride a motorbike out here, thanks to riks brilliant teaching skills... Im really really good [View Full Entry]

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Well here we are...still in Pai and LOVING it!!! And what an amazing couples of days we've had!!! We've now experianced the amazing Thai Foot massage, which was so relaxing and sent us both straight to sleep (will definatley be having another)!!! And today we have spent the whole morning deep in the mountains of Pai in their hotsprings, which was fantastic. We had the whole place to ourselves and could not believe how beautiful the landscape was up there (we didn't realise there was a place prettier than Pai)!!! The hotsprings are located in a resort, but they kindly allow [View Full Entry]

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As expected, I got used to the Western life in Chiang Mai already after a couple of days. I just avoided all chains like Mc Donald’s and Starbucks and concentrated on the other advantages that the city has to offer. Of course some shopping on the night market and some visits at temples had been part of it. Together with Adam and Alex, I also decided to take part in another cooking class, since the Thai cooking differs from the Cambodian. Don’t worry…, I won’t describe the cooking class in detail this time, since it was very similar to the one [View Full Entry]

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