Blogs from Pai, North-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 15

We zijn al weer een week in Thailand, dus tijd voor een blog. De vlucht vanuit Melbourne werd vertraagd door onweersbuien, het vliegveld ging dicht, geen starts of landingen (ongehoord). Ondanks de vertraging en cyclonen ten noorden van Australië (veel turbulentie) kwamen we op tijd aan in Bangkok (geen rellen, dus het vliegveld was open). Het vliegveld is pas een paar jaar open en heel modern, veel beton en glas, lange pieren, dus ook veel lopen over de loopbanden. Helaas voor Robbert kan je er alleen weinig vliegtuigen spotten alles is aardig goed afgesloten. Bij de immigration was het erg druk, al heel wat Europeanen en Australiërs zagen de kans schoon om nog gebruik te maken van de goedkopere tickets voordat de kerstvakantie begint. Ons hotel had gelukkig een shuttle, dus al snel hadden we het ... read more

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. Plus they have all the windows and the doors open anyway! The views are just spectacular! Lots of winding mountain roads and stunning blue sky, all of which you'd miss out on were you to ... read more

We decided to get the minibus to Pai despite being told that it was an incredibly windy road, (762 corners to go round from Chiang Mai.) I took a Kwell to try to ward off any travel sickness and when the minibus finally arrived, 6 of us from Julie’s guesthouse piled in to the already half full bus. I sat next to a couple at the back of the bus both of whom were called Kate, and Matt sat in front of me on the only other seat. The luggage was precariously positioned behind our back seats and loaded right up to the roof of the bus, looming over our heads. As we drove along the road, one bag in particular (mine) wobbled dangerously so with joint effort, we tied it back to other bags. ... read more

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 fire singing and drinking local whiskey which is just over 2pounds a bottle! Our bed's were in an open bamboo hut with ten "matresses" laid out - it was comfy enough! The next day we ... read more

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 (untill it comes to turning a corner, or going up a hill) and then i fall off!!!! Weve found a new eco-friendly swimming pool which is right in the mountain and completly deserted! The whole ... read more