Day 5 Summary: Had a chill morning sipping coffee, eating fruit, & catching up on real-life communication. Take a 4 hour Bus ride from Pai back to Chiang Mai. Slept hard last night after rafting. Woke up early and enjoyed the fact that we had nothing planned other to catch a bus at some point in the afternoon. It is so great here that you can travel at the drop of a hat. You don't have to book hotels, bus or train tickets in advance. Even domestic flights a...

Day 4 Summary: Depart Pai at 8am for Whitewater rafting trip. End the day with dinner with our new English friends, another $6 hour long foot massage AND $0.75 Nutella pancakes. Today we met a group of 4 others from England and Alec, the owner of a restaurant/bike rental/tour guide agent, at 8am. We had a quick bite to eat and hoped in his truck for a 2 hour journey further North. The road is another windey, twisty & steep one and Alec, like our taxi cab dr...

Day 2 & 3 Summary: Fly Bangkok to Chiang Mai. 3 hour taxi to Pai. Get lost in the country with our new Venezuelan friends. Rent a motorscooter. Ride an elephant. Get $6 1hour massage. As I stand at the gate waiting for my flight from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, Debbie Dueter (my backpack's official name) has to be bigger than ANY of the Asian's themselves. And even though the signs clearly state there is a strict 1 bag under 7kg carryon policy, no one says a wor...