Days in Pai are slow. Days at Circus are even slower. It’s a place that seeps into the crevices between your bones, relaxing you from the inside out. Keeping you in place in the best way possible. Most mornings are a process of slowly –sloooowly– eating breakfast and easing into the day. The farthest youContinue reading “Havaya”
Category Archives: Thailand
Lod Caves
After two relatively slow days in Pai, we decided to book a tour on our third day. Sort of a get-all-the-sights-in-as-fast-as-possible tour. We would start with a lookout point, then go to caves, a hot spring, a waterfall and finally the Pai Canyon. This story is about the Tham Lod Caves (also spelled Tham Lot,Continue reading “Lod Caves”
Part of Something
When I was a little girl I spent four years living in the British Virgin Islands. I loved every minute of it; I wanted it to never end. One of the things we used to do – one of the things I miss – was hiking in the rainforest. We would drive up, up, up,Continue reading “Part of Something”
The Pai Hole
After 6 days in Yangon I fly back to Chiang Mai. I spend two days there before heading to Pai. I’ve mentioned this before, but there’s this joke among backpackers in Northern Thailand that when you go to Pai, you get stuck in what we call “the Pai hole”. After hearing countless stories of peopleContinue reading “The Pai Hole”
Big Body, Small Heart
It’s taken a few days to process my elephant experience – due in part, I will admit, to a killer hangover yesterday. But that’s a separate story. On Tuesday I visited Into the Wild Elephant Camp. It was, in short, extraordinary. I’m beginning to wonder if this is what my travels will be like. WhetherContinue reading “Big Body, Small Heart”