As i said, Pai's town is nothing much can do except eat and nice cute handcraft shop, but outside of Pai town is amazing.
The only way you could go outside of Pai is rent a motorbike or bicycle.
I never ride a motorbike, so John's rent one and teach me how right there. 15 minutes later and i rent another one and ride it up and down hill like a wild kid, i even leave John behind and chasing the wind hahahhahahahahaha.
If you do not have a licence, don't worry about renting a bike in Thai, they don't even check your license, all you need is your passport and money.
So we rent 2 bikes for 2 days, the first day we decided to go south Pai, to the 2nd world war memorial bridge, canyon and paddy field. Actually we just ride all the way to south to see what is there.
We got a map of attractions from the bike renting shop, a very rough one but is good enough for us.
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| The map we got. Getting around is easy as there are only one and only main road. |
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| from Pai town to south. We ride to the bridge and turn back to the canyon, and turn into paddy field before go to Coffee in Love Cafe, that will be in next post. |
Slow ride about half hour to the bridge, very enjoyable ride though, because Pai in located down in mountains, the weather is very different with any other part of Thai. You might not believe it, Pai do have winter.
Alright, the bridge is a very ordinary bridge, the only special thing is the big stamp alike billboard, you can stand behind the board and pretend that is your custom made stamp.
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| the stamp |
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| The wooden bridge |
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| stamp and bridge. |
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| restaurant / cafe located opposite of the bridge. But we didn't go in because some china chinese talking real loud inside. |
We only stayed 10 to 15 minutes for photo taking, then we left to the canyon.
The canyon is just 10 to 15 minute ride from the bridge, the entrance is very not obvious, but you can keep an eye on a store that selling drink on the road side.
No charge to enter to the canyon, but remember to wear comfortable shoes because you need to walk some stairs up.
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| 10 minute slow walk to the peak. |
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| another stamp billboard on the peak, very nice scenery. |
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| you can walk to the canyon, but you have to take the risk of slipping down. |
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| I managed to walk a little further, but i was too scare to continue. |
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| very narrow walkway |
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| John dares to dive into deep blue sea, but mountain height always freak him out. |
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| me on the cliff. |
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| arggg nice. =) |
We spend about an hour in the canyon, just to enjoy the nice view and chill wind.
We left the canyon and wanted to get early lunch, but i saw the map and found a waterfall is nearby, i suggest to go and that turn out to be the best scenery of the day.
I don't mean the falls, the falls is nothing, but the paddy field and corn field on the roadside is amazing. If i never turn into the mountain road, we will never see the nice paddy field.
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| Some paddy field. |
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| then corn field. |
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| we decided to stop and take photos. |
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| Pai, around the corner =) |
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| my ride and his ride =D |
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| resident road. |
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| me |
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| Fat and me |
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| We're together, always. |
Next post will be more attraction outside of town. Stay tuned!
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
20130423, 1012pm
Rach in hand pain mood.
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