{"id":288,"date":"2016-02-05T23:59:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T15:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/104.131.47.90\/?p=288"},"modified":"2016-07-09T23:54:34","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T15:54:34","slug":"20160205pai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/05\/20160205pai\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidays in Thai: Pai on February 5th, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having motorcycled without a hitch and without a license<\/del> yesterday afternoon, I was quite confident in my motorcycle skills, and went on the Great Pai Cycle this morning before leaving Pai.<\/p>\n

\"Pai\u53bf\u7684\u6e05\u6668\uff0c\u56e0\u4e3a\u8fd8\u65e9\uff0c\u8def\u4e0a\u6ca1\u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u8f66\"<\/a>

Pai waking up, it\u2019s still early in the day and there\u2019s little traffic on the roads<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

First it\u2019s the several tourist spots on the main road, including Coffee In Love, Love Strawberry, Pai Canyon, Memorial Bridge. Sceneries on the Great Cycle was much better than Western Pai which we visited yesterday, that\u2019s probably why it\u2019s more frequently mentioned in travel blogs.<\/p>\n

The only disadvantage of motorcycle is that, one cannot look at cell phones while riding. So that morning it\u2019s basically, Googled the distance to the next spot, and used the motorbikes distance meter to see how much distance left.<\/p>\n

\"Coffee<\/a>

Country beyond Coffee In Love, the density of the mist just good<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\u4eceCoffee<\/a>

Mountains and countryside from Coffee In Love<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Coffee<\/a>

Sign of Coffee In Love<\/p><\/div>\n

During our stay in Pai it\u2019s meteorologically sunny, but the sky felt like thinly veiled. Some said it\u2019s because the local burning their crops, otherwise the view should be much better.<\/p>\n

\"Love<\/a>

Love Strawberry<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Love<\/a>

Love Strawberry<\/p><\/div>\n

Both Coffee In Love and Love Strawberry are located just roadside, as we traveled with two minivans doing day tour. But it seemed that day tours usually skipped sites like Pai Canyon which required a little hill climbing. Yet by the way, the sceneries from Pai Canyon was really, ordinary.<\/p>\n

\"Pai<\/a>

Pai Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pai<\/a>

Pai Canyon, tree growing out of this not-so-deep canyon<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pai<\/a>

There\u2019s a shallow passage further down Pai Canyon, to keep my hands from getting dirty, I returned there<\/p><\/div>\n

Then it\u2019s the Memorial Bridge on the south tip of the Great Cycle. Since it\u2019s early in the day, there\u2019s few people around. All the movie tools for photographs were, free.<\/p>\n

\"Memorial<\/a>

Memorial Bridge<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Memorial<\/a>

River down Memorial Bridge and the villages on the horizon<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Memorial<\/a>

Hotel villas near Memorial Bridge<\/p><\/div>\n

Then we took another road on the Pai Great Cycle back to town. Since it\u2019s not a main road, there\u2019s little traffic on it. We passed by some elephant camps where some companies herded elephants for people to ride. I though elephants deserve better lives than being rode by humans, my mom thought it\u2019s better to be quick as we have a minivan to catch at noon(in fact, there\u2019s lots of time), so we skipped these elephant camps.<\/p>\n

\"Pai\u53bf\u5927\u73af\u4e2d\u975e\u4e3b\u8def\u7684\u90e8\u5206\uff0c\u53ef\u4ee5\u8bf4\u5728\u65e9\u4e0a\u5b8c\u5168\u6ca1\u6709\u8f66\"<\/a>

The portion of Pai Great Cycle that\u2019s off the main road and with little traffic<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pai\u57ce\u5916\uff0c\u6807\u51c6\u5927\u73af\u7684\u98ce\u666f\u6bd4\u897f\u7ebf\u597d\u592a\u591a\u4e86\"<\/a>

Outer Pai, this looked much more like countryside and much better<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\u5728\u6bcd\u4eb2\u5927\u4eba\u7684\u63d0\u793a\u4e0b\uff0c\u53d1\u73b0\u7530\u95f4\u6709\u4e00\u53ea\u4e0d\u660e\u9e1f\u7c7b\"<\/a>

Hinted by my mom, I spotted this bird (or crane?) in the field<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pai\u6cb3\u8fb9\"<\/a>

Pai River<\/p><\/div>\n

Then we arrived back in town and found my deposit receipt missing when returning the motorcycles. (In fact I lost them yesterday and I didn\u2019t take any photograph of that.) So we pretended not being able to hear what the clerks were saying, till they get really bored and returned our deposit.<\/p>\n

We bought tickets for the 12:00 minivan back to Chiang Mai yesterday, and interchange to 16:00 coach to Chiang Rai in Chiang Mai Bus Station. Since it\u2019s still early, I roamed the town for the last time.<\/p>\n

\"Pai\u9547\u4e2d\u5fc3\uff0c\u8fd9\u662f\u5f53\u5730\u7684\u6cd5\u9662\"<\/a>

This is local court in central Pai<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Wat<\/a>

Wat Pa Kham, a temple in central Pai<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pai\u6cb3\u8fb9\u7684\u5ea6\u5047\u6751\"<\/a>

Hotel villas along Pai River<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pai\u6cb3\u8fb9\"<\/a>

Pai River<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\u5728Pai\u6cb3\u8fb9\u770b\u5230\u7684\uff0c\u957f\u76f8\u5947\u602a\u7684\u679c\u5b50\"<\/a>

Strange-looking fruit along Pai River<\/p><\/div>\n

Pai Bus Station is tiny station with lots of mini vans to Chiang Mai. Still, Minivan companies prefer to depart by the hour, so basically everyone in the bus station was running around looking for his van number.<\/p>\n

We reached Chiang Mai Bus Station at 15:05, walked cross road to another terminal to wait for our coach to Chiang Rai operated by GreenBus. I walked around the bus station while waiting, and found GreenBus to be the only company with a queue machine and a waiting area. The rest of the bus station were small companies with one counter and one nanny and no customers (they have quite cheap human labor).<\/p>\n

Since there\u2019s still time to kill, I wandered around.<\/p>\n

\"Wat<\/a>

Wat Koo Kam, since such a temple on the outskirts of Chiang Mai attracts little tourism, so it seems to be decorated more practically.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Wat<\/a>

Wat Koo Kam<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\u6e05\u8fc8\u6c7d\u8f66\u7ad9\"<\/a>

Chiang Mai Bus Station<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\u6e05\u8fc8\u6c7d\u8f66\u7ad9\"<\/a>

Chiang Mai Bus Station<\/p><\/div>\n

Then it turned out the 1600 bus actually arrived at 1630. To make matters worse, that bus is (in my opinion) for local commute as it\u2019s Friday afternoon and people were going back home. So, as two of the few tourists on the bus who didn\u2019t speak Thai, we spent that half an hour walking around asking people. Yet when we finally boarded the bus, I had to say service on Thai coaches were much better than Chinese ones. (183 km at approximately 180THB)<\/p>\n

\"\u53bb\u6e05\u83b1\u7684\u5927\u5df4\u4e0a\u53d1\u7684\u98df\u7269\u3002\u90a3\u997c\u5e72\u8fd8\u633a\u597d\u5403\u7684\u3002\"<\/a>

Snacks on the coach to Chiang Rai, those biscuits were very nice.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\u53bb\u6e05\u83b1\u7684\u957f\u9014\u8f66\u4e2d\u9014\u505c\u8f66\u4f11\u606f\u7684\u6c7d\u8f66\u7ad9\"<\/a>

Service Station on the way to Chiang Rai<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\u53bb\u6e05\u83b1\u7684\u957f\u9014\u8f66\u4e2d\u9014\u505c\u8f66\u4f11\u606f\u7684\u6c7d\u8f66\u7ad9\"<\/a>

Service Station on the way to Chiang Rai<\/p><\/div>\n

Chiang Rai Old Bus Station became a bazaar at night. When our bus came those vendors quickly packed their stands to let us pass, after which they set them up quickly to resume business. It\u2019s quite a stunt watching them from the bus.<\/p>\n

Having arrived at Chiang Rai, I walked around as it\u2019s still early in the night.<\/p>\n

\"\u6e05\u83b1\uff0c\u591c\u665a\u7684\u8857\u9053\"<\/a>

Chiang Rai, streets at night<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\u6e05\u83b1\uff0c\u6cf0\u822a\u529e\u4e8b\u5904\u3002\u6cf0\u822a\u81ea\u8eab\u6ca1\u6709\u98de\u6e05\u83b1\u7684\u822a\u73ed\uff0c\u53ea\u6709\u5176\u5b50\u516c\u53f8Thai<\/a>

Thai Airline office at Chiang Rai. Thai doesn\u2019t operate flights to Chiang Rai, only its subsidiary Thai Smile operates a handful of flights. With such an office under so little business, no wonder Thai Airline is losing money.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\u6e05\u83b1\u949f\u697c\"<\/a>

Chiang Rai Clock Tower<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\u6e05\u83b1\u949f\u697c\"<\/a>

Chiang Rai Clock Tower<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\u6e05\u83b1\u949f\u697c\u65c1\u8fb9\u7684\u8857\u9053\"<\/a>

Streets near Chiang Rai Clock Tower<\/p><\/div>\n

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Having motorcycled without a hitch and without a license yesterday afternoon, I was quite confident in my motorcycle skills, and went on the Great Pai Cycle this morning before leaving Pai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[37,31,30,32,34,33,36,35],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1779,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions\/1779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}