Mae Hong Son, Thailand Travel Blogs

Election day
Apr 2, 2006

... their vote. I doubt that there will be any demonstrating in Pai whatever the result may be; people are just too laid back here. Next stop, either Sopong or Mae Hong Son. The latter is holding a festival in a couple of days so it might be worth a look.

Doi Suthep- Part V: Dreaming
Jan 31, 2008 (2 photos)

Dreaming, they say, is the mind's playground.  At Doi Suthep, where I don't even allow my mind the luxury of getting up and stretching its legs during the day, dreaming becomes more like Disneyworld, a rollicking and hyperactive& ...

Doi Suthep- Part VI: Practicimitation
Jan 31, 2008 (5 photos)

... --------------------------------------------------------- Bangkok Times January 8, 2008 Man Reaches Enlightenment in Under A Week! Doi Suthep, Thailand:  In a startling development that has rocked the religious community, Buddhist monks at ...

Mae Hong Son
Feb 2, 2008 (12 photos)

Greetings from Mae Hong Son, where I've been relaxing for the past few days.  It's a neat little town of about 8,000 residents in Northern Thailand, only a thirty-minute flight from Chiang Mai and just south of Myanmar's border.& ...

Long Necked Karen of Baan Nai Soi
Feb 14, 2007 (23 photos)

... their village and farms and continue their lives. Other groups have followed and now there are about 5 Padong villages in Thailand. They weren't ignored as they are a fascinating group who is otherwise very difficult to visit. The tourist industry quickly ...

Poy sanglong festival
Apr 5, 2006

Just a few hours from Pai but on a terrible road. The city is covered with the mist all year long. Maehongson gains its nickname of "the City of Three Mists" from the fact that it has dewy mist in the winter, forest fire mist in the summer and rainy mist ...

From Long Neck villages to the Burmese border
Apr 6, 2006

A foot in Burma

Sat 27 Jan 2550
Feb 14, 2007 (2 photos)

... to wait for a while as actually yesterday was when I should have flown to Chiang Mai and now I should be on a flight to Mae Hong Son. I feel quite stupid having stuffed up the dates,misread the ticket, and even worse as that is the 2nd time I have done ...

Meditation in the mountains
Apr 9, 2006

Food Alms round Software analogy Caves Donation

Back in Pai
Mar 29, 2006

A bigger mention in the lonely planet and recommendations by word of mouth have all had their effect on this travellers' oasis of the north. The profusion of new places to hang out has spread out the tourists among the small town, creating a much less ...

In Thailand: TESOL course and Alex visits
Jan 13, 2004 (8 photos)

... They lasted about 15 minutes, before getting onto the floor which they obviously thought was more comfortable. We arrived in Mae Hong Son, found Mong and explored. WOW!!! Mae Hong Son is a beautiful small, clean, friendly town with cool mountain air ...

Sunday 28 Jan 2550
Feb 14, 2007 (6 photos)

... waiting for a dinner of Penang curry to come out as I overlook a lake, Shan style Buddhist temples and mountains. I am in Mae Hong Son which almost seems to be another planet. Reading the papers the news of the world seems largely about a stupid war in ...

29 Jan 2550 - Jim arrival in Mae Hong Son
Feb 15, 2007 (23 photos)

... out and saw the Long Necked Karen people and I gave them some photos I had developed of them. That night we ate in Mae Hong Son, explored the markets, brought some food for Buddhist monks tomorrow morning and had a beer or two. Jim is having a great time. ...

River Rafting
Aug 24, 2003 (5 photos)

After an excellent 2 days rafting down the Pai River I'm now in Mae Hong Son which is a little town near the Burma border. The rafting was great fun. The first day we drove for about an hour before reaching the river, which was a lovely brown colour (a ...

Caught the exciting 20 min flight from ...
Jan 19, 2002 (5 photos)

... of themselves posing next to them. During the 3 days i visited the villages i managed to get through 7 rolls of film! After the 3 days in Mae Hong Son i caught the return flight back to Chiang Mai where i made final plans to travel overland to Laos.

Death by sangthaew, motorcycle, or bus?
Nov 24, 2006 (18 photos)

... , and we were both happy not to be in a sangthaew again! When we stepped off the bus, the encircling mountains around Mae Hong Son greeted us, and it's clear why they call this city the "Swiss Alps of Thailand". Bustling Wat Doi Kong Mu overlooks the ...

Noch mehr Kurven
Dec 16, 2008 (6 photos)

Heute ging es dann weiter Richtung Mae Hong Son! Eigentlich waeren wir noch gerne ein bisschen in Pai geblieben, aber wir wollten gerne auch noch Mae Hong Son sehen und so langsam wird die Sache mit dem Thailand Visum knapp. Auch diesmal haben wir wieder ...

Mae Hong Son
Sep 12, 2007

Hey there, just a quick one today and sorry about no photos but this comp won't let me!!!!! Today Caroline and I rented a moped for the day and went exploring. Nice and cheap and cost 330b for both of us including fuel... Thats about 4 pounds. It ...

Rafting
Nov 27, 2008 (9 photos)

Heute hatte wir uns ne Raftingtour gebucht. Abfahrt schon um 08:00 Uhr und in 1,5 Stunden geht es dann mit dem Pick up zum Startpunkt. Nach der vom Verantstalter versprochenen "Sicherheitseinweisung", die hauptsaechlich aus der Frage bestand ob wir auch ...

Spew, poo and some more travelling!
Dec 23, 2003 (1 photos)

... get on the next day's bus back to Chiang Mai and travel to Sukothai direct from there. So after a whole 14 hours in Mae Hong Son, which I had slept through most of, I jumped on yet another bus. Luckily the scenery was beautiful and I have no regrets about ...

Mae Hong Son e dintorni.
Jun 24, 2005 (5 photos)

Mae Hong Son la consiglio di cuore. La maggior parte dei backpackers si fermano a Pai e quelli che hanno poco tempo nonsi spingono oltre CHiang Mai! Secondo me invece vale veramente la pena arrivare fino qua. Poi non e' cosi' remota come localita, sono ...

Further Into The Heart Of Darkness (Part 2 of 2)
Feb 6, 2005 (5 photos)

... of business deal where the usual limits of "acceptable bribes" were exceeded." And so it goes in Myanmar. Mai Hong Son, Thailand February 2005 The dual prop AT72 spiraled down between the mountains and through a heavy haze caused by the afternoon ...

Mae Hong Son
Dec 4, 2007 (32 photos)

Heeeeyzzzz! Ik zit nu terug in luchthaven Chiang Mai, deze ochtend terug gekeerd uit Mae Hong Son. Heb 2u voor mijnvlucht naar Bangkok vertrekt dus ik kan even bij-bloggen! Zodagochtend dus gelang in het piepkleine Mae Hong Son. De meeste klanten ...

Long Cou - Mae Hong Son - Long Neck
Oct 25, 2008 (52 photos)

Long Cou - Mae Hong Son - Long Neck Salut tout le monde, Nous allons bien. Nous avons louer des bicyclettes aujourd'hui. Nous sommes aller voir les femmes au long cou (pagaung). Nous avons fait 24 km aller retour. Il y avait quelques monter mais ...

en route to Mae Hong Son
Nov 24, 2006 (19 photos)

... so didn't have to do separate tours from Pai or Mae Hong Son to see the tourist spots. Firstly, the route from Chiang Mai to Mae Hong Son (with Pai in between) has 1864 s-bends on the road!!!! So as the crow flies it does not seem far but it taked hours ...

Mae Hong Son
Sep 11, 2007

... travelled. Two and a half hours on bus to Bangkok, 13 hours on Sleeper train to Chaing Mai then 8 hour local bus to Mae Hong Son! We are here now and having had dinner (50p) we are getting ready to hire bikes and hit the local scenery. IT is absolutley ...

Mae Hong Son
Aug 11, 2009 (2 photos)

... I ran in), and hanging out with friends, networking, and generally living the good life of Chiang Mai, I was bound for Mae Hong Son.  I decided to take the 6 hour mini bus ride on the mountainous 1864 corner road. Recently two local buses crashed as they ...

Trekking near Mae Hong Son
Nov 26, 2006 (15 photos)

Myself and Grace did a one-day trek today while Gubby rented abike to go see the sunflower fields. Our day started with getting on this cut-out log boat and balancing on our hunches as we went across a river. Phew we made it! The first hour of the trek ...

buses, celebrations, and lost in translations....
Aug 18, 2009

... since my mother died, but tonight I am wearing white, in honor of old friend.'  I spent the next few days in Mae Hong Son visiting the boarding house. It took some rally off road motorbike driving to get there being the monsoon season, but words can not ...

say goodbye
Mar 21, 2007 (37 photos)

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