Hey there everyone.
Today we're in Pai, Thailand.
Nestled in the foothills of Northern Thailand, just three hours and close to 800 curves from
Chiang Mai, is Pai, a little hippie Thai backpacker haven filled with restaurants, funky boutique
shops, cafes and a laid back friendly attitude.
Now what makes it a draw for travelers is its accessibility to town and nature… and
the local countryside.
So I just dropped into Pai and now comes the task of looking for a place to stay.
I've no booking.
We're going to go ono foot and find someplace.
I had to walk a bit of a ways to find this place and it was only because I was going
from place to place to find somewhere to To see if it could fit my price range.
It's around 3pm and I'm finally situated.
Now i'm going into town to get some food.
I'm so hungry and saw so many places to eat.
I rented this bike for 150 baht.
The newer ones go for 200 baht.
In Pai, they hold your passport in ace anything happens to this bike.
Yu can't run away.
It's a good idea to video tape your bike before you take it.
For the most part, getting around Pai is best on motorbike.
Just because you can see so much so much more of the countryside.
And that's the good thing, you can take a motorbike and drive around and see all this
nature.
They say “All roads lead to Pai” and that’s pretty much the case.
If you're renting a motorbike, it’s virtually impossible to get lost as many of the country
roads will lead you back to Pai town.
This is a cafe that's right outside of Pai town.
it's called Coffee in Love.
It's got a great view of just the country area around Pai.
I'm thinking this is a film location.
Tourists.
.. Photoshoots.
He's
even got a bounce card.
Holy crap.
Many places along the road.
if they're resorts or cafes, they've got a pretty beautiful theme.
Like just look at that.
It seems so idyllic.
Seems like retro look.
A trip out to Pai Canyon to watch the sunset is a must.
Getting up to the top of the canyon entails an easy 10 minute walk that might barely draw
sweat.
There are different peaks to the canyon so you can explore which offers the best sitting
view for your sunset
During World War II, Japanese used POWs and local Thai to construct a wooden bridge across
the Pai River.
In 1944 the bridge was burnt down, but locals reconstructed it.
Today it’s a memorial to the memory of this part of history.
foot massage feels really good especially an hour wone (facial OW)… but good.
Walking down the walking street of Pai right now.
What differentiates Pai Walking Streets apart from other walking streets in Thailand is
that there are individual artisans and they all bring out their particular crafts.
So right now i'm going do a round and check out all the types of foods that they have
on this street.
Then i"ll come back and pick out the ones I want.
I know i said I'd wait until I saw everything, but I had to get one of these.
mmm.
It's filled with vegetable curry.
good.
10 baht.
I might hav ego get one more when I came back.
30bath for a Fruit shack.
Pineabpple shake.
Can't go wrong.
Ignition.
Ready.
Let's go… see more stuff.
there are many temples in pai and you an explore to your heart's content.
This si merely one of them and it's a smaller one.
I'm not sure it's even on the map.
The Thai have a way of designing temples or wats in very nice, ornate fashion.
Now that's a lot of roosters.
Nam Wat Hoo is just 2 km west of psi and houses a tsacred buddha image that'’s said to once
have emitted water from it’s head.
The Pai Chinese Village is an odd village of Chinese souvenir shops.
Most shops sell similar things from dried seeds and fruits, tea cups, Chinese decorative
cha-chas.
Probably the shortest airport runway I've seen yet.
The Paid Airport.
She's trying to help me found the translation of this.
This is the mystery object.
The Thai like to gift their monks with certain items when there's festivals.
It's hot and I need a snack.
I'm starting to taste other things other that cream sickle
And this right outside of Pait town.
This is where we're going next.
Yeah ha.
There you can see it.
I've been motorbiking the whole day.
So this site most physical I've been.
This is Pai right here.
We were way down here.
In Northern Thailand, Khao Soi is one of the popular dishes to get.
It's noodles with a curry based coconut milk kinda broth.
I got mine without meat.
this dish is also like a spring salad.
It's got carrots, baby corn, mushrooms cilantro, bean sprouts and tofu.
This si like magic in my mouth.
Deep fried banana and coconut.
Name of this is called Tai Hong.
There's definitely bean in it but it's hollow and deep friend.
Smothered in sugar, crunky.
I woke up early this morning to find a seller that sold these.
Mmm..
I should get one more bag.