We stayed in pai for almost a week it was such an amazing little town! 3,000 people but it felt like more due to the tourism. We all found nicely priced and quaint little bungalows, Villa De Pai and Karkaran?? Kailas had a bird near the entrance that mimicked sounds, it would cough and make motorbike startup noises as well as laugh and speak in thai! We rented motorbikes and checked out a couple waterfalls (more than once!) one waterfall had slippery rock slides and the other was like a cavern. We also checked out the hotsprings which the bangkok government has recently taken over control of (unfortunately) and now charge and outrageous price (in thailand) of 200 baht (about $7) where they used to be free. It was worth the money though, no caves like our home town Nelson, BCs ainsworth hot springs but there were about 8 pools flowing from one to the next and the top most were 38 degrees so hot!
The Chinese New Year also started while we were in Pai and there is a chinese village nearby but there wasn't much going on in such a small town. Keith and Mairi took a cooking course from Charlie and Lek'a restaurant and it was amazing and fun. We learned how to make traditional chili curry paste and made 5 dishes: Spring rolls, Tom ka/Tom yum soup, papaya and banana blossom salads, pad thai, green and red curries. We will be having a thai dinner for our families when we get back!
We all did a free meditation that is offered 3 days a week at a local tea shop/ restaurant, a yoga class with a woman named Vicky. And made a friend from Austin Texas who taught us how to do acrobatic yoga (partner yoga) which was really fun, blessings and thanks eddy!
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