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   Photo: Pai

The small town, hidden in the mountains of northern Thailand on the border with Myanmar is a place of pilgrimage for artists backpackers from around the world. Here you can meet artists, needle, yoga teachers, herbalists, and many others, who do not like wide and noisy avenues and huge shopping centers and clubs in big cities.

762 sharp turns on a winding mountain road leading to Pai from Chiang Mai, the second city of the country. From the first minute journey everything around it becomes like a fairy tale. Tropical vines and palm trees interspersed with pine forest, and the air is cooler at 6-10 ° C.

The most valuable thing in Pai - its natural wealth. Mo Peng and Waterfalls Mae Yen, caves and camps elephants are the most popular payskih entertainment. At the hot springs you can warm up in the cold, to + 8 ° C overnight. A number of natural mineral baths arranged in such a way that each of the bath water is a little cooler, so that everyone can be in a comfortable situation for himself.

In the canyon of the Unit you will feel like a hero of westerns. It is very different from the nature of Thailand: steep cliffs and amazing shapes, built of sandstone in the distant past.

Not far from Pai live and mountain tribes, who fled here from neighboring Myanmar (Burma). Gen. Lahu, Lisu, kaya, Meo, and many other small nations is very different from our modern life. They still believe in the spirits of nature, live in houses made of bamboo with a dirt floor, and even grow opium poppy, which is considered part of their culture.

Business Card Unit - its strawberry fields. Each year during the winter months the air is filled with the sweet aroma of strawberries. Especially fun to feel self-collecting goodies. Of course, you can purchase it on the market, but the collection of fragrant berries fresh and alive for a small fee to the farmer - payskoe unique pleasure.

Special love to feed travelers Paya night market, which takes place here every night on the main street. All kinds of handicrafts, clothes and accessories handmade here!

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