The Long and Winding Road...to Pai!

This day was hangover central. The only one of the trip, and it was bad for all of us. I think I was in a good state in comparison to some of the others.

The morning was rough, for a lot of reasons. But after the tedious task of packing and being out of our rooms by noon I managed to get a job offer and thought "hey, life ain't that bad." We had Italian for lunch, coffee, and rented a car to be on our way to Pai.

Some background information. 2 of the guys I was traveling with had previously biked all the way up and down Vietnam, so I figured this ride in a car would be relatively safe. It was, but it was also freaky! Mostly we giggled our ways there, trying not to freak out about the smell of burnt tires, and the passing on blind curves. 

We made it after about 3 hours and were so grateful to check into our epically nice hotel room. For dinner we just walked around the town and found a hippie like healthy food restaurant, as most of the restaurants on trip advisor were closed. I was quite grateful to have some vegetables in my life, and we sipped some mojitos as bit of a cure. The night market in Pai was bustling with people, one of which who happened to be "Pink Hair Dude" from our run in with the Thai Cops 3 nights prior and the Muay Thai night (1 night prior) but he deserves his own story.

Pai was a chill city, so the next day we drove to see the waterfall, which was a let down and full of trash, and the canyon, which was exquisite. Then we thought, "heck we are paying enough for our hotel room, lets just hang by the pool for a bit." So we did! I got tan and drank beers and giggled, and had deep talks. And then eventually we went into town for dinner and some drinks.

Mostly Pai was just a very easy going city. Plenty to do in terms of "furthering yourself" such as yoga classes, cooking classes, retreats, nearby hiking, ect. But mostly since it was the end of our journey we just used it to relax.

The ride home was maybe actually worse than the ride there. About and hour in Chris offered me a beer and that seemed to sooth my tummy a bit. So maybe that's the key to making the ride easy?

Here is a little taste of the ride home, which was about 10 times better than the ride there. 

Oh and we stopped to see this Geyser....