{"id":5770,"date":"2017-03-15T13:40:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T12:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/?p=5770"},"modified":"2019-02-14T12:00:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T11:00:43","slug":"back-in-pai-winter-20162017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/back-in-pai-winter-20162017\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in Pai – Winter 2016\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a few days in Bangkok it was time to go up north. The night bus to Chiang Mai and the mini bus to Pai.<\/p>\n

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The bus to Chiang Mai<\/p>\n

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I had about 8 times more space than on the Swiss flight!<\/p>\n

\"Pai <\/picture>
Pai river with the big Buddha in the mountain<\/p>\n

\"The <\/picture>
The first Khao Soi this winter – many more to follow!<\/p>\n

\"A <\/picture>
A misty morning at Twin Hut<\/p>\n

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\"The <\/picture>
The Twin Hut cats<\/p>\n

\"The <\/picture>
The mountains on the other side – with the 200mm<\/p>\n

\"A <\/picture>
A very happy Scottish Mark<\/p>\n

\"Sunset <\/picture>
Sunset from my Bungalow at Twin Hut<\/p>\n

\"Hi <\/picture>
Leo is back – great to see you my friend!!<\/p>\n

\"Rice <\/picture>
Rice harvest all over in the valley<\/p>\n

\"The <\/picture>
The boss of Sapah Muang makes it a little bit different every day. This is the special VIP portion. See how big the bow is? Still 40 Baht :-)<\/p>\n

\"Bungalow <\/picture>
Bungalow #7 at Twin Hut – still the best place in Pai!!<\/p>\n

\"Construction <\/picture>
Construction Thai style. You take 9 people and fill 2 big tubs<\/p>\n

\"Now <\/picture>
Now you take the little bucket and fill from the tub – the curved thing. Instead you could drive slow with the truck and fill it from there??<\/p>\n

\"Some <\/picture>
Some of them do come without seeds<\/p>\n

\"And <\/picture>
And some of them do come with seeds<\/p>\n

\"Morning <\/picture>
Morning at Twin Hut<\/p>\n

\"Evening <\/picture>
Evening at Twin Hut<\/p>\n

\"Another <\/picture>
Another Khao Soi<\/p>\n

Trip to the highest Mountain of Pai – Doi Thong<\/h1>\n

\"Bike <\/picture>
A bike trip with the Sapah Muang Gang<\/p>\n

\"Bike <\/picture><\/p>\n

\"The <\/picture>
The Pai valley in the back<\/p>\n

\"100 <\/picture>
100 cc are not enough to go up steep mountains. But the bike is over 30 years old.<\/p>\n

\"Pai <\/picture>
Pai – you can see the White Buddha on the mountain in the middle<\/p>\n

\"Up <\/picture>
Up up – goes the Sapah Muang Boss Lady<\/p>\n

\"Staff <\/picture>
Staff following swift<\/p>\n

\"Lunch\" <\/picture>
Lunch before the final approach<\/p>\n

\"No <\/picture>
No smoke – nice blue sky<\/p>\n

\"Up <\/picture>
Up there is the little temple<\/p>\n

\"Doi <\/picture>
Doi Thong<\/p>\n

\"View <\/picture><\/p>\n

\"View <\/picture><\/p>\n

\"View <\/picture><\/p>\n

\"View <\/picture><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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