Pai - northern Thailand - just the two of us.

Pai is the Kendal of Thailand and a place where Thais go on holiday, it's up in the hills and for Thailand  cold.... The Thais therefore all show up in coats and gloves and spend their time wandering around town buying each other woolly hats.... It was sharp before the sun burnt off the early morning mist and then climbs to about 25c. It is a really beautiful place and we enjoyed tree days of added luxury by keeping the jeep we had when we were in Chaing Mai with Julia and Kate. I had a ball taking the jeep up and down the hills which go to about 3000m. Many many sharp hairpins lots of good quality roads and not much traffic.

 We had a couple on nice walks in the hills and enjoyed a trip to the hot springs which were beautifully constructed with pools made in the springs for bathing which we thoroughly enjoyed. The Thais however do  not. We smiled at how they enjoyed it which was to bring eggs to boil to have for lunch.... they were only allowed to do it in the pool I didn't photograph! The really adventurous ones - men around 16 - 25 would take their shoes off and dip their feet in.

More scenic shots from around Pai... It's been good to get into hills as Cambodia - well the bit we went to, Bangkok and all the way to Chaing Mai has been flat.

Am writing this from Laos, where we have now been for 2 days Hence new banner picture

Seasonal Felicitations, I hear the weather has been exceptionally seasonal....sorry - sort of!