Stops

September 23rd, 2019 Today Brendan and I tried something totally new.  We signed up for a free, one-day meditation retreat and introduction to Buddhism.  Some of our slow boat friends did it the week before and recommended it.  I knew this was something really outside of Brendan’s realm, so I was proud of him to…

September 22nd, 2019 Today we started our morning early and went up to the ‘Big White Buddha’ that overlooks Pai.  Since it was so early no one else was there and it was a peaceful lookout up a bunch of stairs.  After that we went back and packed our stuff from the hotel where we…

September 21st, 2019 Today was our last full day in Pai.  We had a real Zen day that ended with a little muddy adventure.  Yesterday was our last time with our slow boat group.  Today, everyone had dispersed except us and our friend Tiara from Singapore.  We extended our motorbike rental for one more day…

September 20th, 2019 Today was a bit of a rainy morning.  We had plans to get motorbikes and explore with our slow boat group.  We didn’t start until the afternoon when the skies cleared and ended up giving us a nice day.  We had our original slow boat group minus Greg plus one extra and…

September 19th, 2019 Today we signed up for a cooking class with two of our slow boat friends.  I have been wanting to do a cooking class since we started in Asia but it is so strange because it is like the only activity that isn’t priced proportionately here.  Everything is pretty cheap in Asia…

September 18th, 2019 We had a fun day exploring in the jungle.  Since we messed up on the location of the big waterfall hike yesterday, we decided to do it today.  Once again, we packed our backpack and set out with our friends, Greg and Anna. We met Anna in Vietnam and ran into her…

September 17th, 2019 Today we texted our new friend Greg, who we met on the slow boat from Laos and had already been here for a couple days.  He said his plan for the day was to go on a hike to a waterfall.  We thought that sounded good so tagged along.  It was supposed…

September 16th, 2019 By today the group of six from the slow boat had pretty much dispersed, but we will all end up in Pai together. I am sure it is not the last time we will see our new friends.  Brendan and I had a late morning and just chilled at the hostel until…

September 15th, 2019 Today was awesome!  Four of us from the slow boat group went to an elephant sanctuary where we got to feed, bathe, play and interact with elephants.  It was so cool!  They are such amazing creatures.  Many elephants are mistreated, worked to death, and abused to be ‘trained’ to do things like…

September 14th, 2019 Today, after we got up we had the hostel’s free breakfast with the new friends we took the slow boat with.  We rented three scooters and the six of us went out to explore some temples in the area.  We first went to the iconic “white temple” in Chiang Rai.  It was…