Pai Photo: Pai

A small town hidden in the mountains of Northern Thailand on the border with Myanmar is a place of pilgrimage creative backpackers from all over the world. Here you can find musicians, knitters, yoga teachers, herbalists and many others who don't like the wide and bustling avenues and giant shopping malls and clubs of the big cities.

762 hairpin bend on a winding mountain road leading to Pai from Chiang Mai, the second city of the country. From the first minutes travel all around it becomes like a fairy tale. Tropical vines and palm trees interspersed with coniferous forest, and the air is cooler at 6-10° C.

The most valuable thing in Pai – its natural wealth. Waterfalls Mo Peng and Mae Yen, karst caves and elephant camp they of the most popular piska entertainment. In hot springs will warm you up on cold, to +8° C night. A number of natural mineral baths arranged in such a way that each of the baths the water is a little cooler, so everyone can be in a comfortable setting.

In the canyon of the Unit you will feel like a Western hero. It is very different from the nature of Thailand: steep cliffs and amazing figure, built of Sandstone in the distant past.

A short distance from Pai to live and mountain tribes, who fled here from neighboring Myanmar (Burma). The life of the Lahu, Lisu, Kaya, MEO and many other small Nations is significantly different from our modern life. They still believe in spirits of nature, lived in houses made of bamboo with a clay floor and even grow opium poppy, which is considered part of their culture.

Business card Share his strawberry fields. Every year during the winter months the air is filled with the sweet aroma of strawberries. Special considers fun collecting treats. Of course, you can purchase it on the market, but a collection of fragrant berries fresh and alive for a small fee to the farmer – unique Pascoe fun.

Special love travelers nourish to the night Bazaar Share, which takes place here every evening on the main street. What craft projects, apparel and handmade accessories here!

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