Warning: This blog post is very whiny, and not well written
haha. Whooops.
Pai is located just about 3 hours from Chiang Mai, so Claire
and I decided to take a two night trip to check it out. We had heard from
numerous people to stay at a place called Spicy Pai. Spicy Pai was HIGHLY
DISAPPOINTING. I am not quite sure what all of the hype was about. The ride to Pai was similar to riding on the
teacups at Disneyland, Literally the corners were so tight it felt like the van
was going in complete circles. When arriving in Pai, everybody was feeling
quite sick.
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| Our dormitory at Spicy Pai |
We got there about 9 or 10 pm, so it was already dark.
Luckily a guy who worked at Spicy Pai was in our van otherwise I think it would
have been quite difficult to find. Also though it we were not with him we would
have taken a taxi or something. We walked about two miles with our entire bunch
of luggage, thinking we would be going on a five-minute walk. As soon as we
checked in, we had one of the workers was hounding us over and over to drink. “C’mon
we are playing games”, “ stop being lame” etc. It was extremely annoying, we
were all car sick, and the more he wanted us to participate the less we wanted
to.
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| The natural water slide |
During the day we rented a motorbike and were on the hunt
for waterfalls, which was one of the main reasons we came to Pai. Claire and I
had about the same knack for directions which meant it took us about three
times as long to get there haha. Eventually we stopped and asked for directions
and outside was a group of guys asking for directions as well. We ended all
going to the waterfall together and hanging out. Then someone had the brilliant
idea of leaving this perfectly good waterfall to go to the “secret” hot
springs. None of us had any idea the hellish roads/ mountains we would be going
through. This is without a doubt the most stressful motorbike ride of my life,
and I am sure Claire can vouch for that as well.
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| View from the top of the waterfall |
The trip went by very quickly and I swear I did have a good
time! We ended the trip with the best burgers I have had since being abroad,
and the entire van got to smell them on the way back haha. Claire and I made
very good travel partners and everyone kept commenting on how they couldn’t
believe we only met each other a few days prior!
Moral of the story: Don’t stay at Spicy Pai, eat
cheeseburgers, and go to the waterfalls but not the hot springs!
