Maetee Hotel Mae Hong Son

... made it and the views were spectacular. The town has a distinct Chinese feel to it, and has several tea shops where you can sample some delicious teas for free. I ended up buying three packs to bring back with me.<br><br>We took the kids swimming Saturday morning for a treat. I booked a couple of hours at a local hotel resort which had the nearesrt big pool (no public pools in Mae Hong Son). As it's the low season we had the pool to ...

... over and turns the large steering wheel. This wizard is a rally driver, and I was left going &#8216;oh my Buddha&#8217; a number of times, in fact I think some where in there all gods appeared. Might buy some local whiskey to make the ride a bit smoother. And when I arrive I am meeting my friend Sai On to drink rice wine and chat by the lake. <br><br>Thank you for all your messages of support&#8230;.it does give me strength and is very humbling &#8230;thank you!

... sind werde ich natuerlich mit "Da ist eine Schlange im Wasser"-Rufen ueberhaeuft. Jajaja genau, das hatten wir ja alles schon... einige der Boote fangen aufgeregt an zu paddeln und entfernen sich immer weiter...Diene alleine im brauen Fluss...macht sich so langsam seine Gedanken. Als dann noch das naechste Boot aufgeregt zu mir rueberpaddelt und er Guide forsch befielt ich solle schnell aus dem Wasser kommen mache ich das dann mal... Nun ja ...

... traveling the exotic corners of the earth, back when there were exotic corners. And now a father and man into his wisdom years spends time going back between his farm near Seattle and his meditation temples in Thailand and else where. In fact he taught foreigners about Therevada Buddhism and meditation in Wat Doi Suthep which is the amazing and most sacred temple in Northern Thailad that I had motorbiked to on my last day in Chang Mai ...

... the Lisu Village in Sappong, about an 1.5 north of Pai and only 25 kilomerters from the Burmese Border. We dropped our main bags with Casey and Jelena and just took with us a small overnight bag. We must admit - its a BEAUTIFUL road/scenery: the skyline is filled with golden hills. The trees looked like we were in the middle of fall, with reds ...

... today, so I decided to rent a motorbike and ride up to Mae Aw, which is a town about 55 kilometers north of here. The trip is supposed to be gorgeous, with huge waterfalls and stunning scenery along the way, and although I had never ridden a motorbike before, I figured it couldn't be that difficult. Less than an hour later, as I was applying antiseptic to my bloodied elbows and knees, I found myself wondering what had gone so ...

... Gisterenavond waen Sigrid en ik zo moe dat we room-service hebben besteld en onze kamer niet meer buiten gekomen zijn. Een vrije avond hebben is wel leuk... Nu dus onderweg naar de River KWai, en morgenavond terug in Bangkok, donderdag vrij en vrijdag begin ik! Morgen is het hier de 80ste verjaardag van de koning en ook vaderdag, en dat zal hier serieus geviers worden want die man is hier god en het is misschien zijn laatste verjaardag; Ben benieuwd! Tot de volgende! xKx

... town, far enough away as to not seem really to be a part of town at all. The walk towards the nearby waterfalls, though it seemed to disappear halfway there and involved 38 stream crossings up until that point (destroying one of my sandals), was beautiful until I was forced to retrace my steps, and cycling out to the Pai Canyon, easily worth a half day of walking around to appreciate the magnificent isolation, was a great journey in itself ...

... and while on the map it looks very isolated... it was actually a lovely little town, with lots to see and do. But lets see what: HE SAID: more to come... SHE SAID: The ride from Mae Sot to Mae Hong Son was probably the roughest, physically, to date. So much for "if you've can survive India, you can survive anything"...we were way too confident about what we thought we already had experienced. 6am to 12 noon, I ...

... Berge, vorbei an malerischen Wasserfaellen und unberuehrter Natur zu einem auf 1600m hoch gelegenen Bergstammdorf (Lisu Hilltribe). Dort kochten wir am Lagerfeuer ein koestliches Thaigericht, quatschten lange bis in die Nacht hinein und kuschelten uns schliesslich zum Schlafen bei frischen Temperaturen unter mehrere Schichten von Decken. Auch der zweite Tag war nicht minder anstregend, so dass wir nach dem Trek einen Wohlfuehltag ...