Touring the little northern town in Thailand - Pai

The northern part of Thailand is becoming a more and more famous trend each year for locals and foreign tourists to visit. I mean, it's not very surprising for its popularity to rise so much, because the city is just engulfed in a relaxed atmosphere, especially during the winter.


There are many types of resorts or hotels/guesthouses there as well, from the low budget ones for backpackers to the top end ones that people just get envious for you to stay there. there are lots to choose from, but i'm not very particular about any, maybe some other time i'll do a review on the places to stay there, try going to http://www.tourismthailand.org/7wonders/ and search for it there.

What people love doing there is just being rejuvenated from city life and kicking it back and relaxing. What most people do when they go there are: enjoy a cruise on a raft down the river to enjoy the scenery and greenery of course, then a lot of people like to go try riding on the elephant and rent bicycles to tour the town on their own, since it's not a very big town, you can enjoy it for a few days.

Sometimes, many people just go there to just detox themselves by enjoying the fresh air, some people just enjoy teh vegan restaurants there as well, it's really up to you, but i must say that what all of you should do is try touring the mountains and the river to really let the nature sink in, because it is truly something special that's hard to find anywhere else, so give it a try!

enjoy!!

Cliff pointing to the heavens - Thailand

"Phu Chi Fa" = literal translation from Thai to English is --> pointing to the sky.

And if you go to the top of this mountain on the summit in Chiang Rai Province, you'll really be "pointing to the sky" because of the shape of the summit, the cliff, pointing towards the sky.

The location is in Chiang Rai, which is the northern most part of Thailand, up in the mountains where the cliffs are locations for tourists to go enjoy the scenery.

What tourists love to do is to go there early in the morning and watch the sun rise and you can see the fog from the valleys below slowly uncover as the sun rises. When the sun totally rises, the fog disappears and what you see is the Mekong River, one of the lifelines of this region. Also, you can see deep into the country of Laos. The greenery is very very refreshing and the air is very pure, a must for nature lovers.

To get there from Bangkok you can either go by train, car, or airplane. I'd suggest the airplane because it's only a bit over an hour (around 1:30 hours) but if you want to take the bus or car, it'll be around 9-11 hours.

When you're there, the method to get up to the cliffs can be either by mountain biking, hiking, or take the car to where the road ends, then walk or rent bicycles. There are a few places for you to stay as well, for best advice or info (which is where i also got part of my info from), go to http://www.tourismthailand.org/7wonders/ in the 'nature' section then click on the 'beauty sports' section and you'll find this.

The weather is cool and refreshing all year round, so you'll see a lot of beautiful greenery, from flowers, plants, to trees that are quite rare.

You'll enjoy this one for sure!