Mae Hong Son Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Bite the bullet yesterday afternoon and hired myself a Scooter. I did a circuit of the lake, and found that terrifying enough! For someone as clumsy and accident prone as I am, riding a scooter is quite a challenge! I think the ladies at my guesthouse are finding the sight of me on my bike quite amusing - especially when I try to stop and park. ...

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 theme park filled with roller coasters, thrill rides, and neon lights. I remember this from years ago, when I used to s...

I hired a motorbike from the 12 year old Shan girl at PA Motorbike Car for Rent (located next to the lake in central MHS) for 150 B and a deposit of your passport. Drove about 25km (see map) to Baan Nai Soi. You pass an Army check point along the way which waves you through with a smile. Aparently they are only looking for Burmese military or dr...

Niang our guide from the trek brought us to Mae Hong Son today. This was the best way to go as we saw everything on the way 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 n...

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 bit like the chocolate river in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, it didn't taste like chocol...