Pai again

the mountains looked much clearer than the on the way up

the hill tribe girls keep at a safe distance from the tourists

the velvet costumes look beautiful and comfortable

vista from the misty hill from a few days ago. It is cool and windy

relaxing on the verandah by the river

at the evening market

we got some bags from this very quiet girl

she sells poodle costumes

a boutique with colourful handycrafts

last year this view was of a brown cracked landscape,

hazy smokey and hot

stop ath the pankled coffee shop on the way to Chiang Mai

looking at the gorgeous glossy Thai art magazines

and the friendly staff

we made it back exactly on time, 

to return the car on the dot of 10 AM

on the way to Pai

by chance we stopped in a little village on the way

as we could see behind the trees the elegant spires

beautiful gardens

nobody around

calm

inside  quite a few women dressed in white in meditation

on the verandah

in the corner of the temple complex this beautiful wooden temple

elegant wood work

and carvings

what a serene place!

on the way back to Pai

Wandering around Mae Hong So in the morning we came

across several groups of monks on their alms round.

They stop in front of the houses where the people have 

set up little tables with food.  To give thanks  the young monks chant

the monk quarters look very comfortable and are quite old

a very big statue of Buddha in a side temple

The main temple was big and had a polished floor

The shrines were loaded with offerings and statues

Sweeping of the floors seemed like a dance

a beautiful image of the Buddha

the mountains are covered in mist

morning in Pai

Morning is broken

coffee from Cameron, Coffee Prince, Knockrow Byron Pai

offerings are being placed on the little house altars

dragon flies in action

getting out of the little cottage

the t shirts of Pai at the night market

Pai has a thriving little market in the evening

lots of stalls have T shirts with Pai motives

We all want Aung San Suu Kyi

pai makes you happy as Pye

certainly has colour

and lots of bends, lots of travellers throw up on the way

I like this one. It sums up Pai very well

If you save Pai, you save the world

the hill tribes have lots of stalls

I love the black velvet pants they are wearing and 

different coloured velvet tops

more Rasta man here than anywhere in Thailand

Pai or Byron Pai

Last time we were in Pai, the hills were dead brown

yellow and smoldering from the burn offs. One could hardly 

see a few hundred meters

we stayed by the river in a really nice place

a place across the river

the sky was changing all the time

the clouds moving

lots of little huts up in the trees