We had a hotel pick up at 11.30am, got transfered to the minibus that drove us to Pai (180 bath). Helle & Jan is only here for 2 weeks, and we didn't want to waste time on walking around and looking for hotels, so we booked a hotel in advance, Fai Vieng Pai resort. Got 55% discount on the webpage, so we got a neat place, in the bottom of the mountains, with a nicely decorated garden, a porch, a homely enviroment and no noise from the town and hardly no traffic. In general a good place for some lazy days.
We had free shuttle bus to town, so in the evening we went there. It had a very relaxed atmosphere, a lot of young backpackers, and a lot of Bob Marley types was hanging around the different bars. A lot of small intimate shops and even more food stalls. A big backpacker mekka. We slendered around the town and had a great dinner.
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| Free shuttle tuk-tuk from our hotel in Pai |
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| Once again a really nice room, sponsored by Helle & Jan |
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| This time even with a porch |
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| Another nice dinner in Pai |
The weather was unbearable hot, and we sure missed a beach or a place to cool down.
At night we had dinner at the different street stalls around Pai. There's a lot of constructions going on, both inside and outside of town, no doubt that this charming little town is a fast growing one. Even now it's more popular than Chaing Mai, specially by young travellers. Unfortunately the communication with the locals is quite hard, and we experienced several times each day, that they say yes and nod their heads, to whatever we said, and 100% of the times they DON'T know what they agreed to or said yes to. For example one time I ordered food, and before I was done with my order, the waiter already said okay.. So freaking annoying. That's why we've started to speak really loud and clear to them, and always repeat the order, cause otherwise they really dont have a clue of what we're saying.
Monday 3rd March
We checked out and went into town to get some breakfast, then we took a bus from Pai to Chiang Mai (150 bath). Later on we had a pre-booked train ticket to Bangkok (650 bath). It was a sleeper train, and we travelled at night, so the 16 hours didn't feel that long. There was an asian stand up toilet, which got pretty disqusting in the end. The beds were more comfortable than in the trains in China, but the trainride itself was more bumpy and lively. Helle and Jan had the two lower beds, and they complained about the heavy diesel smell from the engine, it had woken them up a few times during the night. Lets just say it was another experience, and we got to Bangkok safe.
Tuesday 4th March
At night we had dinner at the different street stalls around Pai. There's a lot of constructions going on, both inside and outside of town, no doubt that this charming little town is a fast growing one. Even now it's more popular than Chaing Mai, specially by young travellers. Unfortunately the communication with the locals is quite hard, and we experienced several times each day, that they say yes and nod their heads, to whatever we said, and 100% of the times they DON'T know what they agreed to or said yes to. For example one time I ordered food, and before I was done with my order, the waiter already said okay.. So freaking annoying. That's why we've started to speak really loud and clear to them, and always repeat the order, cause otherwise they really dont have a clue of what we're saying.
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| Our hotel again, just outside the town, but also just next to the mountains. |
We checked out and went into town to get some breakfast, then we took a bus from Pai to Chiang Mai (150 bath). Later on we had a pre-booked train ticket to Bangkok (650 bath). It was a sleeper train, and we travelled at night, so the 16 hours didn't feel that long. There was an asian stand up toilet, which got pretty disqusting in the end. The beds were more comfortable than in the trains in China, but the trainride itself was more bumpy and lively. Helle and Jan had the two lower beds, and they complained about the heavy diesel smell from the engine, it had woken them up a few times during the night. Lets just say it was another experience, and we got to Bangkok safe.
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| Probably not the type of train Helle expected when we booked the tickets |
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| For us = A luxuriuos train. For Helle & Jan = A nightmare ride! |
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| Relaxing in the outskirts of Bangkok |
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| Everyday scene in Asia - even there's a lot of poverty, there's also new phones and tablets everywhere |
Had booked a train to southern Thailand leaving at 6.30pm, and the day went by with getting our last Hepatitis vaccination, and relaxing in Lumpini Park, which is another area that has been overtaken by all the protesters. We were lucky to find a free spot, near a lake, and had a few hours relaxing/waiting time here, before the train was departing. Unfortunately there was only sitting seats left, when we booked the tickets, so we could look forward to a long and exhausting night, almost 13 hours in hard seats, before we would arrive in Suratthani.
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| Goodbye hugs... |
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| Relaxing in Lumpini park before a REAL nightmare train ride! |
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| Typical Thai protester |
One thing was sure we were getting ripped of, and couldn't do anything about it, cause every company there, is scamming the tourists. Damn it! We got on a minivan to Krabi for 250 bath each. Got dropped off 5 km outside Krabi town, was annoyed of the misleading informations, but took it easy. Started walking into town, when a tuk-tuk driver picked us up, and brought us to Krabi.
We found a cheap room quickly, and had a look around town. We planned to do a one day boattrip to visit different nice beaches. After 2 weeks with no swimming and suntanning, we would appreciate some beach time. A ½ day of rockclimbing was also on the schledule, actually the reason why we made a stop in Krabi. Went for a jog in the afternoon, and booked the boattrip at night.
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| Monument in Krabi |
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