Life in Pai...
As usual sorry for the late post, I feel that when I'm not cycling this blog might become a bit stale...
Just a quick note.
For the last two weeks or so I have been in lovely mountain setting of Pai (North-West Thailand). All in all, made good friends there in Pai, quite a nice town, it's a place where people go for two days and end up staying for 3 years, not kidding so many people get stuck in there. It has to be one of the most laidback places in Thailand where foreigners gather. Quite a small town, but the number of restaurants and bars is quite sizeable.
I also extended my Thai visa by another month by heading into Burma for about 40 minutes. The trip there and back was quite painful, about 13h in a minubus with 12 other people on massive hangovers (some of them came strait from a bar, hehehe). Heading into the Burnamese border you are ambushed by people trying to sell you anything under the sun. Including fake Marlboros and Camel cigarettes and fake brand name products of every king. The whole visa extension process is like a McDonalds drive-thru, go from one window pay $5 usd, head into Burma, buys some CDs or VCD, back to Thailand, get a stamp and you are free for 1 month. So many expats in Pai absolutely despise the whole process and I can see why.
I'm getting desperate to get back on the bike due to health and financial reasons. But I will have to wait probable for another two weeks or so until we head to Cambodia. I'm really hoping to spend xmas in Angkor Wat, everybody you meet here can not say enough about Angkor, some older travelers even see it as the most impressive men made structure in the world.
All the best and stay warm. I wonder how many people right now called me a bloody bastard.
P.S. I'm sorry for all spelling and grammar mistakes, I just can't be bothered with that.
Cheers. Rob
Just a quick note.
For the last two weeks or so I have been in lovely mountain setting of Pai (North-West Thailand). All in all, made good friends there in Pai, quite a nice town, it's a place where people go for two days and end up staying for 3 years, not kidding so many people get stuck in there. It has to be one of the most laidback places in Thailand where foreigners gather. Quite a small town, but the number of restaurants and bars is quite sizeable.
I also extended my Thai visa by another month by heading into Burma for about 40 minutes. The trip there and back was quite painful, about 13h in a minubus with 12 other people on massive hangovers (some of them came strait from a bar, hehehe). Heading into the Burnamese border you are ambushed by people trying to sell you anything under the sun. Including fake Marlboros and Camel cigarettes and fake brand name products of every king. The whole visa extension process is like a McDonalds drive-thru, go from one window pay $5 usd, head into Burma, buys some CDs or VCD, back to Thailand, get a stamp and you are free for 1 month. So many expats in Pai absolutely despise the whole process and I can see why.
I'm getting desperate to get back on the bike due to health and financial reasons. But I will have to wait probable for another two weeks or so until we head to Cambodia. I'm really hoping to spend xmas in Angkor Wat, everybody you meet here can not say enough about Angkor, some older travelers even see it as the most impressive men made structure in the world.
All the best and stay warm. I wonder how many people right now called me a bloody bastard.
P.S. I'm sorry for all spelling and grammar mistakes, I just can't be bothered with that.
Cheers. Rob
posted by Rob at 10:03 PM
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