Pai

We loved Pai! A really curvy road takes you through the mountains of Northern Thailand from Chiang Mai up to Pai. It's a small, cute, hippie style, laid back town with comfy chill out spots, friendly people, and live music. The surroundings are great too. Very green and tropical. Too bad that the nice spots always come with a lot of mosquitos.

We rented a motor bike to check out the nearby hot springs that fill and heat some nice pools, rode by an elephant camp and checked out a little canyon. Not quite the Grand Canyon but it still looked kinda cool, and you can walk out on some of the narrow ridges. We didn't get to see any of the waterfalls because the dirt roads are not really drivable in the rainy season unless you wanna be sliding out right and left for 6km and get all mud splattered. Riding around on the motor bike was lots of fun though! We didn't really think about it before, even though it's obvious, but the locals have completely different shaped heads than we do. The helmets were really round, so they were super tight in the front and back, but very loose and big on the sides.

Didn't know Elephants crossed their legs...


This is a baby banana tree or something that looks like one. Some hotels offer free mini bananas for their guests. A perfect breakfast or snack any time of the day!