Pai

After our weeks spent on the beaches down south, we headed up north to Chiang Mai. Whilst in Chiang Mai we went over to a small town called Pai for a day and night. Pai isn't like anywhere else I've been in Thailand. It has a authentic hippie vibe about it, with loads of vegetarian cafes and yoga classes dotted about the town centre. Actually, it kind of reminds me of Brighton at home. That's it! A Thai-version of Brighton. We rented push bikes and cycled to the national park and bathed in the hot springs. This was such an experience. We met a Thai lady there who put mud from the banks on our faces, which we spread all over our bodies, and had the same mud bath you would spend a fortune on in London. The next morning we did a yoga class with Mama, a crazy 60-something Thai lady, who had us doing headstands on our first beginners class. I felt so refreshed coming back from Pai, like going to some sort of retreat!