May 3 Board a bus made in 1952 with leg room for 12-year-olds and cross a mountain range go to Pai, which has a reputation as a hippy, New Agey kind of place. There's nothing to see there especially, but if you want to shuffle around looking for a guru or an organic farm, it's a friendly, relaxed spot to do it. There are bamboo bungalows by the river, but our room is concrete with hot water and fans and good beds. Ellie wants to move to the mosquitofest that will be riverside living, but our room is so comfortable and pleasant we end up staying there. Anyway, by then we've already met a bunch of people, including Martin, the 'living Buddha' from Sweden, his Chilean paramour Claudia, and Zee, an Australian who wants to be
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