Baan Krating Pai Hotel Mae Hong Son

We have survived!!! :)<br>So Leute... jetzt hat es etwas laenger gedauert was daran lag, dass wir die letzten Tage nur noch unterwegs waren! Aber nun zu dem Jungle-Trekking!<br>Es war einfach nur der Hammer und eine Erfahrung fuers Leben!!!<br>So ging es morgens erst mal 3-4 Stunden tief in den Jungel (in der Naehe von Ban Maeo... siehe Karte)! Von dort an waren wir auf uns allein gestellt! Natuerlich hatte wir den besten Guide, den man fuer diesen trip haben kann... danke an Mr ...

... back out of there and put you next to me on the bus back to Mae Hong Son.....<br><br>Travel in these areas is remarkably easy...although not always comfortable, from a chicken flapping around in a lap behind you, to 'aircon' that makes you feel you have landed on the South Pole and drips incessantly on you for the duration of the trip. Hmm no but all that is ok, I don't get flustered from that, infact it makes it more of an adventure...but the Thai style of driving is something ...

... age 10-13), Grade 6 (age 11-15) on Wednesday and Grade 4 (9-12) on Fridays. The class sizes aren&#8217;t too bad &#8211; about 20 min &#8211; 26 max. I&#8217;m surprised at how short the hours are &#8211; it is going to be tough giving them enough worthwhile material in so short a time scale. They also haven&#8217;t had a volunteer here since April. <br><br>My first class won&#8217;t be until Friday now, as it ...

... better than that. Laced with mountains and rice-paddy farms, the landscape of northern Thailand is breathtaking. But in order to get anywhere, take your dramamine, because the mountain highways are windy and steep, and the drivers fear nothing. We spent six nights in Soppong, and loved every second. It's a nature lover's paradise, and a trip to this region is full of hiking, trekking, caving, swimming in the rivers, riding elephants, and hanging out. One of ...

... Gesichtern der Guides nach zu urteilen. Die versuchen uns dann verzweifelt an einen im Strom liegenden Felsen am Ufer zu paddeln und ein Guide kann gerade noch einen runterhaengenden Ast ergreifen. Von "get off quickly" Rufen begleitet muessen wir alle auf den Felsen springen und die Guides sichern das Boot irgenwo...da stehen wir nun auf einem Felsem mitten im reissenden Fluss...um uns herum tosen die Wassermassen und irgendwie wissen auch ...

... it was in the red and we agreed that I would shut er' down and cruise downhill just relying on my breaks and his headlight. At the bottom and the first incline we still had 18 KM to go. I turned the bike on and off as needed to go over straights and smaller hills. Then the last 7KM were with the motor on and some prayer and even thought the bike was on black for most of it. We managed to pull right up to the rental office at 9PM just ...

... and his wife Susanon. Fantastic couple. Susanon is a sweet lady, and although she starts off by saying she knows little english, it seems that you can talk to her just fine. Albert, as it turns out, is from Maui! So, that gave us some conversation topics other than the Lisu way of life. There was another couple staying that night at the ...

... went to a cave where fish flock for no apparent reason... now a Hindu shrine.... THen we went to see some more slightly more impressive waterfalls. We fell upon a Agro Tourism park where we saw many diferent birds and snow coated leopards, Barking deer, Hog deer and wild horses... We puttled up to a Chinese KMP settlement on the Myarnmar border ...

... And I began to realise, it's not the daytime that really appeals; Pai comes to life at night. It explains why there's nothing happening during the day. The Thai hippies and drop outs, the idle travellers and those with illusions of living here. all seem to shake off the hangover in the early evening and make their way to the bars for another night. There's an overwhelmingly friendly atmosphere about it all, so far removed from British pub culture ...

... are not to touch them or their belongings (oops, I realized later my feet were touching his bag). But blessings were as follows: -we actually got seats unlike those who were standing at the end of the truck, hours for some -the Thai's are actually very sweet and respectful, you can feel it...one of the men allowed us to sit on the seats while he arrived before us, but stood for hours hanging onto the end bar -our ...