Pai

Location: Pai, Thailand
Local Time: Sunday, April 2, 2006 - 4:46pm

Well, I'm out of Chiang Mai. I'd had enough. Now I'm in a place called Pai (pronouced bye, except by the tourists here, who nearly out number the locals.)

My initial impressions are, if you love to party, drink, sleep late into the afternoon, spend your time eating, drinking, smoking and watching movies, with the occasional hike, elephant ride or motorcycle trip thrown in, this is the place. Some people seem to hang out here for months. Some people are ready to leave in a couple days.

I'm going to try to learn reiki while I'm here, and take a couple of cooking classes, but other than that, I don't know. I'll see what comes up.

My last night in Chiang Mai we returned to the Night Market for some good fried noodles, and really good fried rice with Chiang Mai sausage. I also had a half hour food massage. The masuse was pretty brutal. I nearly doubled up when she hit me in the upper thigh. I had a sudden fear she was going for somewhere else, even though I'd done nothing to deserve it.