Sep 18, 2009 - Peaceful as Pai

Whiled away the first part of the day with my book and a delicious breakfast after a morning run. It would be very easy to stay in Pai for a long time. ...

Sep 17, 2009 - Mud in your eye in the river Pai

Today was white water rafting down the Khong and Pai rivers. ... We were driven back to Pai for 6pm. ... I had a nice meal and decided to spend the evening chilling (as one does in Pai) and read my book til the wee hours. ...

Sep 16, 2009 - Adventures in Pai

I booked an Overnight Trekking Plus White Water Rafting 2 day trip with Pai Adventure. ... Fortunately for me I had a pair of thin anti-blister running socks with me. ... The 'hiking shoes' we were given to wear were PLASTIC or Rubber.I booked an Overnight Trekking Plus White Water Rafting 2 day trip with Pai Adventure. ... Fortunately for me I had a pair of thin anti-blister running socks with me. ... The 'hiking shoes' we were given to wear were PLASTIC or Rubber....

Sep 15, 2009 - Pai by day and by night

They probably don't have the energy given the heat! I decided to move to another guesthouse in the town, TKK (which I would recommend) run by a friendly Israeli guy Jacob who definitely was on a Pai Peace Mission. ... In truth it was a bit heavy going so I swiftly went back to my crimethriller! As I expected in a place like Pai, I found some Yoga Classes. ... Their cousin Orla was also in Pai, recently returned from Nepal. ...

Sep 14, 2009 - Pretty as Pai

It was very warm in CM so I took an early morning bus to Pai. ... I'd heard alot of good reports about Pai. ... I arrived in the afternoon rain and got a place by the river Pai - a bungalow. ... Pai has two main streets so it didn't take long to get to know the place. ...

Jun 12, 2009 - Pai :)

We're leaving Pai today :( We have a slow boat booked to Laos leaving at 8 tonight and getting to Luang Prabang God knows when. ... I can imagine it will be about as pleasant as 2 trips from Chiang Mai to Pai. ... We've been having really great weather in Pai, which is nice after the monsoons of Chiang Mai. ... Pretty quiet other than that in Pai, which has been nice. ...

Jun 11, 2009 - Chiang Mai and the road to Pai...

The next morning we decided to get out of Chiang Mai and head to Pai. ... It was only after we got to Pai that we realized how famous the trek actually is; there are a bunch of T-shirt stands all over the place saying "I survived the road from Chiang Mai to Pai" and the number 762. ... Pai is incredible though! It's like this little town in the middle of jungle-covered mountains where you feel out of place if you don't have dreadlocks. ... We rented another scooter for Pai, we've found it's the best way to get around for cheap and whenever you want. ... Met some girls who just got to Pai after biking down Vietnam! They said they did 100 km a day for 15 days! Now they're going on some meditation retreat at a monastary for 10 days. ...

Mar 21, 2009 - Pai.

21 March Another day of traveling. This time I traveled to Pai, a 105 kilometers trip. ... Pai is a rather small town, but became a big meeting place among back packers, a little bit of northern Thailand’s answer to Bangkok’s Khao Sanh Road. ... Just like Mae Hong Son, I had a flying start here too.21 March Another day of traveling. This time I traveled to Pai, a 105 kilometers trip. ... Pai is a rather small town, but became a big meeting place among back packers, a little bit of northern Thailand’s answer to Bangkok’s Khao Sanh Road. ... Just like Mae Hong Son, I had a flying start here too....

Mar 17, 2009 - pai

Pai was proberly the hardest place to get to interms of the transprt, god it was horrible, to say the 'bus' was a chicken van is an understatment. ... leg room, obviouslyi dont have the luxury of having stupmy legs, so my legs were up by my ears! HORRIBLE but worth it!!! The best way of describing Pai is a very small town in the middle of a massive jungle. ... The first night tho i was feeling really poorley ( coincedently claire is suffering from it now aswell!) just a reall really bad cold, so i put loads of clothes on and sat in the room and sweated till i practically ran out, pritty much did the job!!! As nice as Pai was, you could only stay there for a couple of days, we were going to meet a gal called Biere back in Chiang Mai so we could catch the Train back to bangkok, so we left earlier on a more comfitable bus back. ...

Dec 29, 2008 - Rafting in Pai over to Mae Hong Son

Took about an hour to find a place that wasn't full in pai. We looked into a few rafting tours and decided on a 2 day rafting and one night stay in the jungle down the Pai river(60 kms) with Thai Rafting Adventures. ... We also spent quite a while trying to figure out where we wanted to be for New Years.Took about an hour to find a place that wasn't full in pai. We looked into a few rafting tours and decided on a 2 day rafting and one night stay in the jungle down the Pai river(60 kms) with Thai Rafting Adventures. ... We also spent quite a while trying to figure out where we wanted to be for New Years....

Dec 23, 2008 - Pai - the epicentre of 'chill'

Had a great few days in Pai before returning to Chiang Mai. ... UPDATE ENTRY: We did, indeed spend a few relaxing days at Pai where, thankfully, little has changed since our previous visit a couple of years ago - although we did notice a considerable increase in the number of young Thai tourists. ... Apparently, a romantic film had been made, featuring Pai and subsequently resulting in a massive increase in popularity of this destination amongst 'the locals' ie Bangkok youth. ... Although it isn't terribly far from Chiang Mai (|about 140km), getting there is quite onerous because you have to traverse a mountain up and down to reach the valley that Pai nestles in. ... The first place we came to was out of Pai itself, a newly opened (soft launch) hotel called the Paicome Hideaway. ...

Nov 22, 2008 - Passing time in Pai

Ouch! After leaving Soppong, I took a two hour bus to the little town of Pai. ... Pai is an interesting place because it doesn't have any Thai wats or any significant Thai history. ... The whole town of Pai is addicted to motorbikes, and I seriously considered renting one, but decided against it after witnessing two traffic accidents involving tourists on motorbikes. ...