After our 3 day trek we had one more night in Chiang Mai (squeezing in another Mike's burger, of course!) before heading up to Pai. We'd been to Pai before in December, but wanted to spend some time with Faye, Lorna, and Sarah in this cool laid-back town. Not much to do apart from explore the countryside by motorbike, chugging through the villages, feeding elephants, up to waterfalls, and bathing in the hotsprings. After a couple of days Faye and Lorna headed off back to Bangkok to continue their travels while Martin and I debated whether to go and visit another town, or just stay on in Pai. Well, we call it the 'Pai effect'...we ended up staying... it's just too chilled-out and relaxing to leave!! Our bamboo hut where we're staying is very basic, but has a nice view down into town and the river and it's great to sit around, chill-out, write postcards, have a thai massage, or make macrame jewelry (Sarah taught me on the train up). The food at our place is great and we are getting our fair share of what's called 'Western food' here: the onion soup and chicken baguettes are excellent! We were also here for Chinese New Year and we went up to the local Chinese village to watch them dance and do their ritual-thing. The tribesmen played funny long gourd-like pipes which the locals danced to - they apparently weren't bored of dancing the same dance over and over again! Sadly, we
will have to leave Thailand by Thursday 2nd Feb, as our visas run out. It's exciting, though, as we will be taking on a new country - Laos. Bring it on! *Mush
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