The drive is about 3.5 hours, with a stop or two to stretch out the ass, and is through some beautiful scenery. You go up and over the mountains, so at the very top there are tons of pine trees and its cool and smells sort of like Tahoe. We did the drive fine, sometimes though being bullied to the side road/dirt by the busses and vans and truck speeding by, as we are little 125cc bikes. Even the real motorcycles sped by us. The drive went well and when we got into town, we found some nice rooms and went directly to the Country Kitchen, our favorite place to eat in Pai.
After stuffing our faces, we head down the street to a bakery, and had some of the most delicious Toffee chocolate cake I could have imagined. It was great. The apple cinnamon muffin, chocolate banana bread and doughnut couldn't compare... though a taste test was necessary. We went back to the room to nap and hang out before getting ready for the festival and walking down the street to get shuttled out to the event.
The event was at great little resort, with bungalows, tree house looking rooms, and right on the river. They had build a bridge over the river, and funneled people through the bridge to the music stage and food/drink/merch stalls. The music was alright, and the food was decent. The drinks were decently priced as well. The really good part about the concert, besides watching the hippies dance with hula hoops and sticks, was seeing Job2Do, one of Thailand's most popular artists. He is well known all over the country, from my 5 year old students to their grandparents. It's crazy how famous he is. His music is also played all over Thailand, especially in the south at the beaches and any chill hangout spot. Below is Job2Do singing his set, which only started 2 hours late... sometime after 230 am.
Below: First, notice our awesome headbands. Second, bamboo straws. Third, peace sign.
We partied at the festival until about 3 am, and headed back, as we had a long drive ahead of us the nest morning. After waking up, packing up, and eating a huge breakfast, we set off on the journey, quickly stopping in Pai Canyon. It's got a great view of the surrounding area and also some weird little stone paths. It's hard to explain, but there is a little dirt path, and it drops down a solid 20-30 feet on both sides, and the path is about 2 feet wide. Stupidly dangerous, so of course we all wanted to walk on it for pictures.
This is one of the scariest ones, and it just jets out a little, and drops straight down at least 30 feet on each side.... perfect area for some sexy photos...Here's a picture of the canyon, and Claire's new friend...
And to note... this is the first time I really learned how to "blog" adding pictures in text, and links... hopefully I can keep this up. Glad I got to skype everyone this past week! Mom, dad, grandma, grandmpa, steve and shelley... not a bad turnout.
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