We are in Pai, in Northern Thailand, close to the border to Burma. It would be a great place for Lydia and Lauren: life is all about finding inner peace through yoga, massages, herbal teas, poetry, meditation, community...Pai is a small town in the mountains, surrounded by banana plantations and the jungle. This is not a place to see the sights, but a place to be. To hang out for a week or two (or several months - as some people do). Just rent a little bamboo bungalow by the river, with a hammock on the front proch, and spend your days daydreaming, going for walks, taking coffe and fruit shake breaks, then enjoy a Thai foot massage before dinner with friends. Everything is walking distance, and life is just a bit slower here. Most of the Thais living here cater to the tourists, and there seem to be as many tourists as Thais. However, the tourists who find their way to Pai are Australians, Germans, Israelis etc., in search of an alternative lifestyle - it's a great little community.
Lauren - you would be proud of us: we did 4 hours of Yoga the other day! It was an introductory course for beginners. It was so hard - and I realized how weak I am (especially compared to the 60-year old Yoga master who could do all sorts of things with her body...), but it felt so good afterwards!
Tomorrow we go back to Chiang Mai, the next big town south of here, where we already spent a few days before we found Pai. Photos to be posted soon...Peace out...
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Oh how wonderful that sounds! And you're right I think I would love it there!!
Ry will be starting preschool three mornings a week Oct 1 & I am SO looking forward to getting back to Yoga at that point...I know it is going to be HARD at first, but it is such a great feeling afterwards that it's worth it...namaste!
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