Time for a photo update! This lot is from Pai, Northern Thailand. Cheap scooters, warm weather, cool rivers and good times.

This was the view from our guest house in Pai in the evening

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Another fantastic bit of Engrish at a waterfall near Pai

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Robin and Alice weighing up their chances of surviving a slide down a waterfall

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The locals were enjoying a natural waterslide – it looked a bit painful

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On the way back to Pai – the evening haze made for some nice views

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We pulled over at a guest house and looked out over the valley from their deck

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Unfortunately I didn’t get a panoramic series of shots from this location

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Trust me, it was nice

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Pai night market was on every night, and it was full of delicious food, souvenirs and tourists

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This was the alley next to our guest house – nice little shortcut for scooters to the other side of town

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Hotel rooms near Pai

These hotel rooms were built by hand by an entrepeneur and artist who had started a luxury resort near the town. The rooms were expensive, but they were all individually decorated and absolutely gorgeous. We couldn’t afford to stay there, but we relaxed on the dock as it was built next to the river.

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Panoramic view of the river resort

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We ran into some Thai kids

We had a lengthy river weed fight with these guys, and fought them for control of bamboo rafts moored under the bridge. It was a lot of fun! I’m on the right in this photo.

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This dog was behind the bar at the resort – it was pretty nervous

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There was a lot of cooking smoke in the valley in the evenings

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The landscape reminded me of the South of France

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We visited a second waterfall, but it was a little underwhelming

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Pai Canyon was quite impressive, and a very short hike

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Near Pai Hot Springs

This log was full of spiders. I’m not kidding, every little white thing you see is a body, and every little black twig is a leg. It was full of spiders. A little unnerving.

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You weren’t supposed to swim in this bit for obvious reasons

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There was a sign saying ‘no boil egg’ but they were actually selling bags of eggs to boil?

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Beautiful sunset on the way back to Pai

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More photos

• View part 9 of my photos from South-East Asia
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• View part 4 of my photos from South-East Asia
• View part 3 of my photos from South-East Asia
• View part 2 of my photos from South-East Asia
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