Pai

Pai is a little hippie town in Northern Thailand. We used it as a pit stop on our way over to Laos. It has a population of only a few thousand but it's a great little stop.

Yesterday Shaun and I went over to the river and found a great little deck bar on the water. We watched the sun set. We drank a Chang. I put on another 1/2 inch of Deet. I can see how people come to Pai and some never leave. It was like paradise. Not precisely my paradise, because that would include the beach and the smell of salt, but definitely somebody's paradise.

I went mosquito hunting in our tiny bungalow last night. There were probably 10 of them floating around and if I had left them, i could have had at least 10 times that many bites in the morning. I told her I felt like Harry Potter trying to catch a snitch while I searched for all those little buggers.

Laos tomorrow. 2 full days on a bus/boat. I'll probably write again when I get into Luang Prabang.

Hope everyone is getting all their Christmas shopping done, baking Christmas cookies, and getting ready for snowboard season. Wish I could be there. My poor little board is going to get neglected this year. I'll be spending New Years in a shorts and a t-shirt somewhere in Laos.

I'm extremely tired today. I have no idea why but I might be able to attribute it to the school next door to our bungalow. The children are learning to play music. Very badly. They aren't even learning the same song at the same time so it is an orchestra of ....noise. I'm planning on staying out of the bungalow today and maybe finding a nice outdoor cafe or patio to read. And maybe get that $3 massage that I've been waiting for since I returned from my trek.