Blogs from Pai, North-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 31

Met some locals in a bar in Chang Mai who owned a bar in Pai and said we could have a free drink up there, so never one to look a gift horse in the mouth we set off to Pai, slightly later than expected after waking up a little late! Trip to Pai was along a real windy road so not the best when feeling sick all ready, but we finally made it after breaking down on the way and having to change wheels on the mini bus. We stayed in some cool little huts which cost about 1 quid per night but they were quite cool. Pai is a bit of a hippie paradise so we chilled out here taking in the atmosphere, tourism seems to be all they have going for it ... read more

This past weekend we travelled to Mae Hong Son province to a place called Pai (pronc. "bai"). It was cold and very mountainous. It was beautiful though. Since it's quite far away we had to go through Chiang Mai, meaning we didn't spend a lot of time there. The time that we did was really good though. We got to see friends and relax. Pai is a bit of a hippy town and luckily there wern't too many tourists. It has a very laid back atmosphere. Lots of people do treks there and practise meditation and yoga. unfortunatly we didn't have the time. We did somewhat invent our own trek and hiked up a mountain. Very beautiful place and very much reccomended! Miss you all, em x... read more

Oliver and I are currently in Pai. Ahh, Pai. People from all over the world traveling all over Thailand come to Pai to do...nothing. Absolutely, gloriously nothing. Where the beer runs as freely as the river winding through it, and the hippies sleep off their hangovers in hammocks all day long. Where the streets are lined with shops selling clothes directly time warped from the sixties and the river is lined with bamboo huts (and crossed by bamboo bridges and lit by bamboo bonfires at night). Somewhere behind me in this sea of bamboo, someone is playing a guitar. Somewhere across the way, someone is getting their hair dredded. Totally awesome. Dude. Pai is one of those few places so chill that doing nothing doesn't feel worthless. You plan to stay a day or two, and ... read more

Got up well early this morning to have a mooch about Pai before the mini bus came to get us at 10.30 am Was wandering around at bout 8ish and the only people out and about where Thai people gettting brekky from the street vendors, none of the cafe's or anything were open. We got breakfast a little bit later and my toast had a little cup on it, it was cool. (And while I was writing this in the internet cafe I ordered a latte and that came with a white heart in the froth awww-I like it here). Anyways the minibus was great cos I got 2 seats to my self so got to lol bout-yea! When we got back to Chiang Mai had an afternoon snooze then mosey'd on down to the Sunday ... read more

A Pai i szokas szerint nem tul koran ebredtunk (9 korul, de ez a helyi ritmushoz kepest korainak bizonyult, hisz a farangok 10-12 korul kelnek, a bulik miatt) es kicsekkoltunk, megreggeliztunk Cher Xin jiaonal, majd utnak indultunk a swimming pool fele, ezuttal tovabb kerekezve, Pai kornyeki szepsegek nyomaban. Ez egy jo 7-8 km es, lankasan kanyargo utszakasz, kevesse jart, melynek egyik oldalan a hegyek tornyosulnak, masik oldalan pedig a kis foldek, kertek, folyok, majd a tavcolban ismet hatalmas hegylanc, az a kis csucsos fennsik, melyre Pai epult, ily modon ekelodik be a hegyek koze. Az ut mnden oldalan kis bungalow-k, kertecskek, szorakozohelyek, bodegak, majd egszercsak a jo oreg dolgozo elefantokok felsegteruleten talaljuk magunkat, bemutatnak Peet-nek, aki mar nem dolgozik a faiparban, leven hogy tul sok maszekmeloja van a turistaiparban:) Vbagy farangokat visz a hatan kis utakra ... read more