So, I'm still in Pai. The original plan was to stay here for a few days and move on, but it's been three weeks so far and I still don't feel like leaving. There's live music everywhere you go, night markets, waterfalls, hot springs - and best of all - a bar made completely from bamboo open until 7am every day.
The surrounding area is full of hill tribes, all speaking their own version of Thai and are completely self sufficient for food, water... and moonshine. A group of us visited a local hot spring on my second day here and ended up having a nearby hill tribe join us around our camp fire, offering us to spend the night in their village. Baring in mind we were all completely slaughtered by this point it seemed like a pretty good idea, but in the morning it was quite clear that the whole town were alcoholics. I woke up at about 8 o'clock to find a couple of the locals already hitting the moonshine, and by the time we left (about an hour later), barely any of them could walk.
One mattress, five people? - Our hill tribe room.
A local fisherman.
Most of my time here has been pretty routine. Its a very small town so you get to know the majority local bar and restaurant owners - I'm getting fairly used to hearing people shouting 'Patwick' at me as I'm walking through town.
I won't be able to post any more pictures for a while as my bungalow was robbed a couple of days ago. They stole my camera, iPod... and beard trimmer. Fuckers. I really need a shave as well. The Thai version of CSI came to visit yesterday to check out what had happened - and after about 10 minutes of looking around at the trashed bungalow; wood chip everywhere from the broken door, clothes scatted all over the place, he turned to me and said - "Now, my friend, think carefully. Is it not possible that you may have taken your camera out with you for the night.. got drunk, and lost it?" .. "No Sir, I'm pretty sure I was robbed".
The plan is to head to Laos after New Years - if I ever actually manage to leave Pai that is.
Merry Christmas!
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