Blogs from Mae Hong Son, North-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 4

V noci som nemohol spat.Najskor volake dieta vedla hucalo,potom zas dalsi susedia mali naplno pustenu tv a od polnoci az do rana volado furt buchal piratov. Dnes asi volaco oslavuju bo vidim roznu vyzdobu po meste. Klucik od izby som hodil do kosika , kedze tam recepcna nebola. Na ranajky som siel tam kde vcera na veceru. Dal som si ryzu s kuracim masom, Este pumpa,natankoval som lacnejsi benzin a mohol som vyrazit. Opat prechadzam nadhernou prirodou,ryzove policka,super vyhlady.Neda sa to proste opisat to treba vidiet. Cestou som robil par fotozastaviek. Isiel som kuknnut vodopad MAE SUIA,ha lenze nikde nebola napisana kilometraz,palivo som mal max. na 40km. Behol som na pumpu,ale mali len drahsi beznin,tak som si dal 2litre a siel nazad k vodopadu. Cesta genialna,minal som uplne zasite dedinky, len par domcekov. Zastavil som sa ... read more

This blog has 32 photos. please scroll down and turn page to view all of them. Bright and early start after a big breakfast....I was really anticipating this North Mountain trip thanks to my obsession with seeing Mae Aw (which I will feature in it's own section.) The road was fun-- the infamous Mae Hong Son loop is said to have some sixty hair pin turns per hour. It's legendary in motorcycle circles. I wish I could have done a better job capturing the scenery along the journey, but if I stopped at every photo op, I'd never get anywhere. Our first stop was the Burmese style Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu which overlooks the city of Mae Hong Son. I enjoyed the panorama for a while and then peeked in on a Buddhist mother's ... read more

This blog has 34 photos. please scroll down and turn page to view all of them. Fern Resort bills itself as "Eco-tourism." it is set in a rice paddy and the word "lush" doesn't do justice to the environment. Everything is green and fresh and the sound of running water is everywhere. The streams have those marvelous bamboo chimes in them and the birds, bugs and other animals sing along with the "plonk" of the bamboo. The staff are local Shan folks and they are super friendly. The food was delish. Evidently Brangelina stayed there which gives them a cool point with me..... Unfortunately I have noted that when using my iPad to upload photos non of my crops or other edits show, so forgive the occasional finger, dark picture, etc... read more

El día que íbamos a Mae Sariang ya se sentía el cansancio acumulado, a unas pocas horas de camino ya me sentía agotada. A unos 40 km de Mae Sariang nos desviamos por una carretera súper empinada para ir a una aldea Hmong que quedaba a 10km de la carretera y desde donde supuestamente habían unas vistas muy bonitas... Bueno, lo que vimos fue muy poco porque a mitad de camino nos encontramos con la neblina, que se fue haciendo mas espesa a medida que subíamos más, así que lo que vimos fue la aldea (unas cuantas chozas de madera a la orilla de la carretera). Luego de eso solo nos paramos 1 vez más para tomarnos un café y seguimos directo hasta Mae Sariang; llegamos como a las 6pm, comimos, buscamos un hotel y caminamos ... read more

Jordan and I decided to leave Pai on Sat 23rd, Jed and Hailey came with us and we travelled to Mae Hong Son, from here you can do a loop via another small town and back to Chiang Mai. The bus journey was probably the best bit of the trip. It takes 3(ish) hours over the mountains and us being tight wads braved the local bus as it was half the price of the minibus. When the bus arrived at Pai we immediately regretted our decison as it looked a right mess but as it turned out it was ok for space and as all the windows were down it was quite fresh and not to hot on there! The bus goes up and down the steep mountains so slowly you think it might just konk ... read more