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Originally posted on ayearinacampervanwithtwoteenagerssnowwhiteandalab:
By Jen Lek means small in Thai. It’s also the name of the indomitable lady who set up the Elephant Nature Park, about an hour and a half north of Chiang Mai in Thailand. Besides her…

So many puns for this town. We are staying at the Pai in the sky, there’s a Pairadise resort, an Italian restaurant called Paisan. It’s still the Boulder of Thailand. We’ve been taking it easy, going on day hikes in … Continue reading →

Pai is the Boulder of Thailand. Tons of hippies with dreadlocks milling about, lots of coffee shops. Oddly, not very good coffee anywhere yet. We left Chiang Rai early on the 3rd, to head to Chiang Mai. Earlier than we … Continue reading →

As previously promised… Moped with toddler seat. I don’t want you to think I’m mocking this, I actually think it’s pretty great- teach the kids to hang on early. I like the self-reliance of it. Here’s the cutest food truck … Continue reading →

Yesterday, we went for a hike to the Luang Cave, west and north of our “resort”. It was about a 3-4 kilometer walk towards Burma: Here’s the big sign of the big cave. It’s 800 meters in, we made it … Continue reading →

Maybe we still have 7-elevens in Colorado, I can’t recall the last time I’ve seen one. I must have thought they were out of business, if I thought about it at all. Anyway, Thailand has them everywhere! This pic of … Continue reading →

On the 29th we took the 2nd class air con Greenbus up from Chiang Mai to Mae Sai. The bus goes through 3 police checkpoints, where we are boarded. The word is that they say they are looking for drugs, … Continue reading →

Tomorrow morning we catch a bus up to Mae Sai. The weather underground has Sukhothai as 91 degrees, but “feels like” 102. Mae Sai is 82, feels like 86. Looking forward to a little bit cooler conditions. It’s hard to … Continue reading →