Mae Hong Son Province
We arrived in Bangkok about a week ago and Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Henry gave us a royal Thai welcoming. They treated us to a fabulous meal of local cuisine on the river and our train trip to the north.
We are now in Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand and we have fallen in love with this little mountain town. We are staying at a nice quiet place near the river with free bicycles for us to wander around town and whiz through all the motor bikes. We are enamored with the food and local markets...and the $0.60 fresh fruit smoothies are divine. We met up with Morgan and Kataneh (Congrats again Newly Weds!) for a Thai Boxing match which was as Drew states "Bloodsport" quality. Ten fights, 2 KO's, bloody faces, and so many kicks to the kidneys made us sore the next day.
Motorbiking the Mae Hong Son mountains
We headed up to Pai in the mountains for 3 days and had an amazing adventure exploring on a moped. We found waterfalls, canyons, and even elephants! (Aunt Roxanne I did better than an elephant pet, I got a hug :) Pai itself was a very small, bohemian style town, with great live music every night and an incredible variety of international cuisine.
Pambok Waterfall
We met up with Drew's godmother's friend, Ronny, last night for dinner. She is an inspiring woman who picked up her belongings 3 years ago and relocated to this fabulous town, Chiang Mai. She is an amazing artist who volunteers at the blind school for children and who is very much young at heart and who knows how to enjoy every moment of life.
A tiny bar in the middle of Pai.
