PAI AND HOME

With our last two nights and three days in Thailand, we enjoyed every minute in a beautiful utopia that is Pai. Only a three hour mini-bus ride away from Chiang Mai, Pai is a little hippie town full of man buns, dreadlocks, nose rings and circular shades. The food: amazing. The people: incredible. The environment: UN-FREAKING-REAL. There are no taxis or tuk tuk’s in Pai, so the only way to get around is to rent a motto. So on our second day, we each got one for only $5 USD (for 24 hours!) and made our way to the Pai Grand Canyon and a nearby waterfall/cave. The sky, I swear, was the bluest I had ever seen it and everything else was bright green.

On our way up to the waterfall we stopped at a small farmstand-- where we were greeted by a man who asked if we wanted juice and food. Of course! We spent the next 3 hours swinging back and forth in a hammock and enjoying his freshly squeezed juice along with the freshest produce I have ever consumed-- passion fruit, bananas, sweet potato, tameron, nuts and more! It was fabulous. At the end we didn’t get a bill, but rather approached a box for “donations,”where we could leave whatever amount we felt comfortable.

We spent the rest of the day mottoing around beautiful Pai-- enjoying the constant view surrounding us.

We had to leave Pai on our last day at 10:30 am (after having a super nutritious breakfast of Pad Thai). We got back to Chaing Mai, tuk-tuked to the airport and two short flights later we were back in Siem Reap being greeted at the Airport by Peap, one of the V&A’s great drivers!

We so loved every minute of our time in Thailand, however, it still felt great to be home. We weren’t really expecting to feel that “aaah, home at last” feeling because, obviously, Siem Reap isn’t really “home,” but we totally did. And we loved it.