Blogs from Pai, North-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 5

762 Kurven – so viele Kurven sind’s bis nach Pai. Das ehemalige Opiumumschlagsdorf, welches dann zum Hippiedörfchen wurde, ist heute ein beliebtes Touristenziel im Norden, weil es in 2 thailändischen Romatikfilmen Filmen vorkam. Wir wohnten in einem sehr gemütlichen Guesthouse, welches aus 8 Bungalows bestand und im Garten hatte es Hängematten und Orte um zu verweilen und abzuschalten. Wir waren die einzigen Gäste und vielleicht deswegen haben wir uns mit dem jungen Besitzer, er ist erst 27, und seiner Freundin angefreundet. Vy entdeckte im Garten einen Papaya Baum, welcher reife Früchte trug. Zusammen mit dem Guesthousebesitzer pflückten wir zwei grosse Papaya und Vy schnitt sie in Mundgerechte Stückchen. Der Besitzer und seine Freundin waren begeistert, denn normalerweise pflückt niemand diese Papaya. Zusammen haben wir die Früchte zum Dessert gegessen. Sie waren sehr süss und so... read more

Pai has to be the best place on earth, its amazing! We got the horrific minivan through the mountains and planned on staying for just one night but once we got there we fell in love with the place and ended up staying for longer. We were really lucky and found some gorgeous huts to stay in, very luxurious for Thai standards and very cheap at only 125baht each a night (just over £2). We were shattered after our jungle trek and night out in Chiang Mai so once we decided to stay for 2 nights instead of one we just headed out for dinner, did some shopping and went home. We were also very over dressed as Pai is the most laid back travellery town ever and there was us in little dresses with full ... read more

This one is going to be very brief. I just spent an hour and a half typing up my most recent entry, only for it to time out when it came to me saving it. So I really cannot be arsed to rewrite it word for word so instead I'll wing it and write what I remember with my shocking memory. I have spent the last few days in Pai, a small town in the North-Eastern province of Mae Hong Son, close to the border of Myanmar and is situated in the southerly limit of the Himalayas...and I've never been somewhere so nice in my life. Although it is becoming increasingly touristy, it has not yet reached an annoying level. It still contains a complex mix of nationalities and cultures, all of which are incredibly friendly ... read more

February 15th, What an amazing life this is! Starting with breakfast again! Beckah picked us up and took us to the market where we sat down and had the most refreshing fruit salad I have ever encountered. Mango, papaya, dragon fruit, banana raisins and nuts, and we washed it down with a coconut juice. I got to machete it open myself. We walked around the market multiple times that day. Its Jacobs favorite place to be, he’s like a kid in a candy shop. We rented motor bikes, one for each of us. Beckah took us to a temple in Chiang mai, Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep. Once again the Gold blew me away! I don’t have the words to describe it but ill try, heavy, peaceful, beautiful… I will include picture but I can’t explain the ... read more

It took 1 hour to reach Pai by bus from Soppong. The first impression of Pai was really shocking and I was reminded of Christine's words (she was my travel companion for a day in Soppong). There were hords of tourists - but of the unpleasant kind of. Pai used to be an old hippy enclave in the mountains. But the "real" hippies have nearly disappeared or gone further into the mountains. Nowadays, Pai is full of want to be hippies in dirty clothes and without any behaviour - far away of beeing real hippies. Well, not the place I love to stay and I was glad that I had booked a room outside of Pai. To get to this place I wanted to rent a scooter which turned out to be quite tricky. I went ... read more