Pai
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Pai Day 2
I woke early and joined a yoga class at Bodhi Tree Studio. It was a great class and I met a lovely Norwegian couple. We had a long chat over a homemade kombucha. They were coming to the end of a 10 month trip and enthusiastically told me about all their amazing adventures and experiences. I picked up some great tips and ideas from them. I hired a mountain bike to explore the countryside around Pai. I headed out south stopping at the iron memorial Ta-Pai bridge which was built by the Japanese in World War 2 in their attempt to capture British held Burma. I next turned off the…
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Chiang Mai to Pai
After a couple of very relaxing days in Chiang Mai I decided to head north to the backpackers paradise called Pai. The town is a three hour bus ride from Chiang Mai and is located in a plateau up the forested northern hills close the Myanmar border. I set off early but ended up going to the wrong bus station not realising Chiang Mai has three bus stations. A couple of Spanish guys made the same mistake so we caught a long Sorng-taa-ou (cross between a taxi and local bus service) to the other station. At first there were 5 of us sat in the back but by the time…
