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That’s the last Pai!

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Every trip needs to come to an end and every photo blog needs to have a last posting. This is my last posting for Pai. If you ever get the chance to visit this village I think you will find it very interesting to rent a motorcycle and drive around to see the Hot Springs, the temples and the other sites in the area.

I guess was my breakfast every morning, included in the 450
Baht room fee.
Going up the mountains you can see some very beautiful farming area.
The Karen refugees from Myanmar live in camps like this for tourists to visit. The women from this tribe have the cultural tradition of lowering the collar bones by increasing the number of rings they wear as they get older. This can cause some health issues over time. Women from other tribes will differentiate themselves from this tribe in a different way. For more information you can do a search. There is a lot of information available. I visited one of these camps before as a tourist and had mixed feelings. The Thai tour guides explained money from tourists helps the people survive. There are different opinions concerning the isolation of these people for the sake of the tourists. I did not go into this camp.
I parked next to a farmer and a water buffalo.

the bridge leading into the Karen camp.

The bridge is not strong enough to hold mini buses and cars so one fellow instructed that if I wanted to go into the camp I should cross here at the River, which I did not.
There was a park with a waterfall at the top of the road. They wanted 300 but as an entry fee for foreigners. I have seen and can go to many waterfalls at no charge so I turned around and went back down the hill to a place right next to the stream. There I sat for about 20 minutes with my feet in the nice cool water. It was a good morning refreshment.
Meanwhile back in the village someone was fixing a water wheel to a shaft for some purpose.
This is the Pai River in the Village.
A curry spiced Italian noodle dish.
I bought some saddlebags for 400 baht and affixed them
Cable ties are an incredibly flexible way to attach a lot of things including the blue basket on my rack.

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