Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Tuesday, November 11, 2014. Goodbye Sunflower Lodge, Hello Pai.

After another delicious Thai breakfast prepared by Noi and her staff at the Sunflower Lodge, we boarded air conditioned, comfortable vans and headed for our next destination, Pai - Mae Hong Son.

Our first stop was a market to pick up some food for the road trip. The most exotic thing I saw at this market was fried snake. I purchased some mini coconut pancakes and banana chips for the next leg of the journey. We entered a national park and stopped at a viewpoint where the scenery included beautiful trees, flowers and mountains. Many pictures were taken in the brilliant sunshine.

      

       


Our last stop before reaching Pai was at a natural hot spring in the national park. The water temperature rises as you get closer to the source and ranged from about 30 C to 80 C. Needless to say, our group chose one away from the source with a temperature of about 34 C.

At the village of Pai we enjoyed a very late lunch, roamed around for a short while and then boarded our vans and drove to the Phu Pai Resort. It is luxurious here. 

         


We will all rest up tonight for our next adventure: two days of rafting on the Pai River. 
Off the grid we go again. Yippee!

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