December 8th was Mel's birthday, so all eight of us and our friends Nick and Allison and Brandon and Nicole decided to go to Pai for the long weekend to celebrate! Mel and I have been wanting to go to Pai for so long but the drive is super long and windy and it is tucked away in the mountains, making it hard to get to. We left on Friday for Chiang Mai and then Saturday morning we got the earliest tickets we could to Pai, 12:00. We all popped some dramamine and then passed out for the next 4 hours until we arrived in the hippy, mountain town of Pai! Our hostel was just outside of town and in these amazing bungalows.
Our bungalows in the mountains!
Since we were in the mountains it got SO cold! I dunno if we are all just becoming more and more Thai and so we aren't used to the cold weather or what but I was FREEZING. Kate Rose and I had to snuggle once night to get some more body heat! It was super nice to feel cold again but we weren't prepared for this level of cold.
The town is pretty small and has a really fun walking street that we all went to and bought lots at. We also rented some bikes and biked around, it was so nice and relaxing. A couple of us took a tuk tuk to a waterfall and swam in the freezing water. So fun! And of course we had a lot of delicious Western food that we had all been missing.
Mel, Allison and Me right outside our hostel
We were even able to celebrate the first night of Chanukah! Mimi brought candles and we lit them at the bar we were at and she sang some songs for us! It was really cool.
Mimi, Nick and Elena celebrating Chanukah!
(Notice all of the scarves!)
Pai was so fun and so relaxing! I hope we can go back soon :-)
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