Pai, Thailand Travel Blogs

Pai Day 205 (12th Dec)
Dec 12, 2009 (23 photos)

... across several of the small streets in Pai. The arts and crafts and diverse range of t-shirts and designs usually promoted the "Pai" brand and sent a hippy message with it e.g. "Save the world, save Pai", reinforcing the peace and love ethos and feel of ...

Chang Mai to Chang Rai
Feb 12, 2007 (9 photos)

... of the town and the area is constantly patrolled by helicopters. The whole area is known as the golden triangle as the borders of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos are all very close to one another at this point.   We embarked on our long tail boat for a ...

Pai
Oct 16, 2006 (19 photos)

... of transport here is a 125cc Moped - class! I want a harley now. Si vous cherchez les hippies decus apres Woodstock, ben ils sont a Pai. Une petite ville tranquille, au bord de la riviere Pai. La ville fait trois rue, tout le monde est a pied ou en ...

in pai... land of hippies
Sep 23, 2008

ok so yesterday morning, at ten AM SHARP, we were pushed onto a bus taking us to pai, where i'm now writing from. four long hours later, my stomach churning from the 700+ bends in the road, we arrive in pai, land of hippies. very, very relaxed, sunny, ...

Bamboo gets everywhere
Oct 17, 2004 (9 photos)

The last day of our trek - already ! Phil first up - awoken by cockerels and kids. Spent a very enjoyable hour watching the children fooling around in the dirt, chasing spiders and hairy caterpillars. Another eggy breakfast and an easy hours flat hike ...

Tour d'éléphant et source thermale dans PAI
Oct 22, 2008 (38 photos)

Tour d'éléphant et source thermale dans PAI Elephant ride and Hot spring in PAI Salut tout le monde, Nous allons bien, Nous avons dormie comme des rois. Rejean se leve toujours tot pour aller marcher 2-3 petites heures. Moi je dors. Mais je ...

Immer noch keine Ruhe
Dec 12, 2008 (5 photos)

... Tag haben wir dann mal wieder ein Moped gemietet und und die Gegend ein bisschen angesehen. Die naehere Umgebung von Pai hat jetzt nicht die superspektakulaeren Sehenswuedigkeiten, aber es macht Spass am Fluss entlang durch kleine Doerfer zu fahren und ...

Cool & Dogs
Nov 6, 2009 (7 photos)

... life as well. There are dread-locked, pierced and tattooed Thai locals at every turn which we hadn't really seen before in Thailand. They must all flock to this place! At night, the main street has a colourfully lit market with buskers and really good ...

Pai is a really special place
Apr 18, 2008

... charging so it obviously just got ran down somehow. off to see our friends fern and sharif tonight.should be good. last night in pai as we've booked our slow boat to laos which leaves tomorrow night. looking forward to that :) but sad to leave here :( ...

Pai
Dec 11, 2006

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The Tribe Has Spoken
Feb 9, 2006 (41 photos)

One of the main things on my list is getting in some good hiking in Northern Thailand. I have read all about treks in the guidebooks and it seems the best way it to book a trek through a tour operator, otherwise you'll get lost in some hill villages where ...

Sweet, Sweet, Mango... Pai?
Jul 5, 2007

Entry to follow (I AM kind of travelling here, you know?). Thanks for your patience. Check back later!

Black 'n Blue in CM & Cust Service - Thai style!
Aug 30, 2008

... in my life seen anything quite so beautiful.  Words could not possibly describe the countryside in North Thailand....you'd have to experience it.  So we hit Pai, and he wanted to know where i was staying...so did I.  I hadnt booked anywhere, ...

Pai, Thailand - Rest and Relaxation
Jan 18, 2006 (4 photos)

... one week ago, I was running around NYC with a winter hat on, and today I woke up in a beautiful hut in northern Thailand with a view of cows grazing on a rice paddy (paddie?). Basically, after all the flying, driving, hiking, elephant riding, and snake- ...

Pai
Nov 24, 2008 (19 photos)

Der Ort gefaellt uns auf Anhieb! Nicht so gross wie die immerhin zweitgroesste Stadt Thailands, Chiang Mai, doch schon recht touristisch, aber mit seinen gerade mal 3000 Ureinwohnern noch sehr relaxt. Jeden Abend verwandeln sich die Buergersteige in ...

Rainy Days and Mondays
May 12, 2006 (13 photos)

... The rainy season was approaching us, but luckily there was billiards, ping pong and Bob to help pass the time. Pai was amass with backpackers, a few which entertained at different venues around the village. Live bands kept the Blue Lagoon alive until ...

pai party town
Dec 20, 2005

WOW.....I love hangin with friends. I got very lucky and found a few. I will spend Christmas with Old friends and new ones. All the other Friends at home I miss you all so very much. I send my love next entery will be from Sydney, Austrulia. Thanks ...

pai party town
Dec 21, 2005

WOW.....I love hangin with friends. I got very lucky and found a few. I will spend Christmas with Old friends and new ones. All the other Friends at home I miss you all so very much. I send my love next entery will be from Sydney, Austrulia. Thanks ...

Et voilà.... J'ai trouvé le paradis
May 20, 2008

J'ai trouvé le paradiiiiiiiiiiiiiis (et un clavier avec des accents). Nous sommes parties hier de Phitsanulok en direction de Pai, mais, malheureusement, l'autobus à Chiang Mai arrêtait de passer à 16h30. Nous avons donc passé la nuit dans cette ville charmante ...

Bangkok I parte Thailand
Feb 20, 2008 (48 photos)

... pero he estado haciendo mucha cosa, bueno empiezo mi relato por Kao san road, este es un especie de barrio en bangok, thailand, compuesto por 5 6 calles, donde estan todos los hostales y por tanto todo el movimiento q atrae el turismo. es una calle llena ...

Eventful journey and arriving in Pai
Dec 5, 2009 (4 photos)

... with an Irish couple. By this time it was dark and extremely cold. Us in our summer clothes were not prepared for Pai's temperate climate. What a relief we finally arrived on the outskirts of Pai. Not sure what was going on at first but every guest ...

Peace of Pai
Jan 21, 2009 (33 photos)

... long road winding through the mountains...it's contant jaw-dropping beautiful scenery all the way. I just thought "yes, now I'm really in Thailand!!!". Of course, the road is also not easy on the stomach...and we had to stop a few times on a way for ...

Pai, Pai, yummy Pai!
May 10, 2006 (7 photos)

You dont hear much spoken of Pai (pron. more like BYE than PIE)from the millions of backpackers in Thailand...presumably theyre all wandering aimlessly looking for that mystical Island 'Ko Backpack'that they think is somewhere in the gulf of Thailand so ...

Trekking in the mountains
Sep 28, 2006 (5 photos)

Slight shock to have a bat flying around our sleeping quarters in our jungle accomodation. And the leech on Jane's back wasn't the best part either. Great three days overall though.

Hot springs and cool music
Oct 3, 2006 (3 photos)

Great place - live music, lots of beer and kiwi burgers just like 'Gourmet Burger' in London...well, almost.

A Few Last Pics from Pai
Sep 14, 2009 (23 photos)

If you're not sick of rice paddies and greenery, here are some more photos from our final days in Pai.

A slice of Pai
Feb 14, 2009 (6 photos)

... the wrong direction, to Chiang Mai, and change buses. So after a whole day on the bus in the heat with the winding roads we arrived in Pai and paid more than we should have for a room with a TV and a pool yay! We went for dinner and ate too much and then ...

Lahu Village 3, Team Forang 4 (Golden Goal)
Sep 27, 2006 (21 photos)

... 4 (Pearce, unknown ringer, Harnett 2). The above game was played on the first night of a three-day trek around the Pai area (north-west Thailand, two hours north of Chiang Mai). I had arrived in Chiang Mai earlier that day after an over-night bus ride ...

Hippy/Rasta Capital of Thailand
Oct 14, 2007 (12 photos)

... Pai was next and the following day we both ached alot, a combination of the rafting and the journey on the back of a pick up truck.  Leaving Pai, we got a minibus back to Chiang Mai and then another bus south to Sukhothai. Love Mark and Theresa xxx

More Jungle Trekking
Jul 16, 2004 (4 photos)

We all woke up and were off to the elephant village - where we'll hop aboard some elephants for a river trek to another village. Lots of hiking, we hike past huge termite mounds and rivers and cape buffaloes and finally arrive. We have extra time before ...