Pai..between mountains, clear fresh air and Christmas feelings

If you don´t sleep the whole journey from Chiang Mai to Pai you´ll  have an amazing view into this beautiful mountain range that i already forgot that can exist.Pai was located deep in the mountains so we just drove up and up and even a little more up. I was amazed by every curve this little minibus took just to see more of the mesmerizing greens behind. I couldn´t wait to get to Pai and breath the promising fresh air.

Pai is a nice and relaxed little town, focus here is on art, music,good food, yoga and massage.And exactly that´s what we did. We got ourselves a cosy family hut for 3 near the river, went on a stroll over the market to get some street food and tea and went home to have an early night..YES..you read that right...we had TEA for dinner and went to bed EARLY.But to my apology: I was really sick..and i couln´t speak. My voice just left me and i only did the handsign thing which sometimes turned into a whole bodylanguage dance to express what i wanted to tell Ana and Matt. It was quit funny because either they just interpreted everything exactly like i wanted to say it ( mostly Ana ) or were making fun of me and just saying something completely different ( well, you can guess that that was Matt ) or just handsign back. This is the best part anyway..if you can´t talk people also don´t talk or just whisper back to you..really funny.. i had to remind them that they actually could just say what they need to say.

one little part of the Phi Phi crew together again ;-)

Well, and the other thing that happened was that it got really..really cold at night. I´m not kidding, I had to buy a jumper and a scarf so i wouldn´t freeze to death. And getting up in the morning to go to our Yoga class turned out to be a real challenge as getting out of bed  or -even harder-going to the toilet was rather challenging.  It felt kind of like that..

But this cold evenings brought back memories of Christmas..all the lights were lit, on the streets you had a little market every day to buy jewellery, scarfs, food , tea.... i was wearing a hat and a big scarf and walked arm in arm with my good friends through this magical place.
Just a perfect place to get some rest, fresh air and healthy attitude towards body and soul after the weeks of party, buckets,dancing and craziness in the south of Thailand.

Market feeling

Ana and Matt left after 4 days so i did the big walks to the Wat and the Waterfalls alone, enjoying my own company for a while.I couldn´t talk anyway..right?!
But as always when you are travelling alone..you are never alone for too long..i met Sarita from Australia and we had the loveliest 3 days together just hanging out, riding our bicycles through the mountains and ending the days with a good Chai tea.

enjoying good street food with Sarita

not to forget the best Chai in Pai

After a week it was time for a new adventure and so i took a 3 hour journey to somewhere in between Pai and Chiang Mai to visit Leah, a friend from Australia. She is currently living at the Panya project, an organic farm which experiments the concept of sustainable living and permaculture since approximately 6 years.

More from there....
xo, j