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