Cliffnotes of Pai

General Thailand Tips: I'll put some here.




Pai

Where to Stay

  • I stayed at the UP2U Hostel
    • About a seven minute walk to the main street of town
    • The scenery  here is EPIC. I could've sat in the hammock on the balcony all day.
  • Pai Chaing Cottage
    • http://www.paichan.com/rooms-rates.html
  • Spicypai Backpackers
    • Saturday BBQ

What to Do

  • Wander. Seriously, it's such a hippy town.
  • The Pai Hot Springs ($12)
    • There's another, less crowded much cheaper one (see below)
  • Rent scooter ($3ish) to travel around
    • Go to Vespai (it’s a shop). Seriously. It’s the best one, hands down. The guy gives you lessons for as long as he thinks you need. We had a rental issue and had to get one scooter from down the road, but he still gave us a 30 minute lesson, then walked down with us to make sure we got a working scooter. 
    • Totally worth doing for at least a day. The scenery all around town is epic. Just be careful- don’t get a Thai tattoo
  • The Land Crack- on the way to...
  • The Mae Yen Waterfall
    • The trail disappears and reappears a few times
  • A one hour foot massage will run you about $5 USD
  • "Let's Go Pai" Tour
    • One of the days I went on a tour, another I rented a scooter and hit what I didn't on the tour. The stuff covered on the tour is just far enough that I wouldn’t feel comfortable going to on my own scooter (except the Canyon)
    • There’s a billion tour shops on the main road, they almost all offer the same stops, for the same price (450-550 baht) 
      • Includes picking you up from your hostel/hotel/B&B 
    • Tham Lod Cave 
      • A local guide brings you in the cave in a group of 4. They point out rock formations, guide you onto a bamboo raft, then guide you back. 
      • The guide will rush through, so I just started slowing down and being the last one, so I controlled the pace 
    • Sai Ngan Hot Springs 
      • less crowded than Pai hot springs 
    • Mor Paeng Waterfall 
    • Pai Canyon- sunset spot 
  • Mr Chao- 3 day trek (surviving in the jungle, villages off the beaten track… didn’t do, just heard good things) 
  • Strawberry Place- cool strawberry fields/homemade strawberry foods. Butterfly garden. Zip lining. 
  • The White Bhudda 
    • MASSIVE. You can see him from town. 
    • Across the street is Earthtone cafe- vegan coffee bar with AMAZING food. You’d have no idea it was vegan if I didn’t just tell you. 
  • WW2 Memorial bridge 
  • Dragon Bridge- on the side of the road going from town to Memorial Bridge. Not an actual bridge, just super cool looking 

Food: 

  • I’ P Burger & Grill- Crocodile burger? BBQ/Pineapple? $5ish 
  • Nong beer- first traffic light, opposite 711 
  • Big's little cafe- left side of waking street 
  • Om Cafe for breakfast 
  • There’s SO MANY street vendors, and so many different types of food. Indian, Italian, American… but Mango Sticky Rice is the best 
  • Grunge Burger 
  • Koa Soi- Thai dish

1 comment:

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