Blogs from Mae Hong Son, North-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 3

We had tried to find this cave on Friday with Bobby and Ryan on their scooters. Today, this became a very long walk. Many flies, scratches, and bites later: still no cave.... read more

There is a waterfall in pai around 8km outside of town. In order to get there you have to trek through the dense jungle, which involves wading through the river at several points and hiking up an almost impossibly steep hill. Just as I was about to embark on the trek alone, I bumped into max and cat again by chance. They were also intending to go to the waterfall so we joined forces. Just as well really, because I didn't know in advance that you had to get your feet wet - I would probably have assumed the path came to a nice little end by the trickling stream, shrugged and gone home. About halfway through the trek cat fell ill so she made her way back. Max and I pushed on and eventually reached ... read more

Back to Thailand :-) We were so glad to get off the bus in Bangkok and headed straight to Khao San Road to meet Scott (Katharine’s boyfriend) and find somewhere to stay. Scott had checked into a hotel on the main road so we went there to try to check in. We were met by an incredibly rude woman who tried to tell us Scott hadn’t stayed there unless he was ‘that English man who walked in off the street with a Thai girlfriend’ and that ‘we could stay there if we wanted but it was very noisy’. We were then told off for spending too long looking at the room before showing her our passports to check in properly, and we ended up in absolute hysterics at her attitude and decided to stay there despite ... read more

Remek dzsungel turak indulnak Mae Hong Son-bol, minden guest house tud szervezni 1-3 napos utakat, kulonbozo "fenypontokkal", mint pl. Mae Hong Son kornyeken elo hegyi torzsek (hilltribes- Karen, Lahu, Meo, Lisu, Hmong kisebbsegek) meglatogatasa, kulturajuk tobbe-kevesbe autentikus kornyezetben torteno megismerese - itt a leghiresebb "farang latvanyossag" az aranykarikakkal valoszinutlenul hosszura nyujtott nyaku nok meglatogatasa a Karen falvakban - de vannak itt dzsungel turak, bambusz hajokazas, elefantolas, stb... Engem kifejezetten taszit a falvak turistalatvanyossagkent torteno meglatogatasa, inkabb baratsagos jottmentkent vagyok ilyen helyeken, kevesbe erositi azt a mintat, hogy a helyiek halljak a turistabusz erkezeset, leveszik a farmert es a polot, feloltik a torzsi hacukat meg az orrkarikakat, pozolgatnak egy orat, eladnak nemi kezmuvesseget, aztan amikor elment a busz, vissza... read more

We arrived in Pai after leaving the quick mountain biking from the day. We showered, then went into town for a massage, drinks and dinner. We also did a bit of shoping. Pai is small but has an active downtown. We had to walk into town but got a tuk tuk to get us back to the hotel. The next morning we were met at the hotel to start our rafting. We rafted the Pai river for 2 days. Unfortunately the water level was very low so there wasn't a lot of big rapids. we still had a good time, especially Shelly. The food was interesting - we tried some new fruits and lunch was a rice dish wrapped in a bananna leave. After about 5.5 hours of rafting we arrived at camp. ok, Thai people ... read more