Xorbing- We booked to Xorbing and got picked up from Ben GH and taken to an extreme sports centre where we watched people bunjee jumping off of a crane over a man made lake. It was really good and people were jumping together and it didnt even seem all that bad only a 2 second fall.
We then went off the Xorb. Bridget got strapped in first, then i jumped in and got strapped in. We were then pushed down a ramp, i was going backwards, it was a funny feeling just rotating in perfect circles!!we then hits the lake and had to unbelt ourselves being careful not to fall out of the hole. The walk on water like a hamster!! I recommend it, its not very scary though!!
We found out about Pai through lonely planet and hearing some of the other people in Ben GH talking about it. Its description was, A hippie town up in the hills with a relaxed and festival atmosphere all the time. And it has lived up to this.
The journey here was ridiculous. It started off ok, were were picked up in a Pickup Truck and squeezed in with our backs and 6 other people who were all hoping we werent going to be travelling the whole way like this. We then got taken to the bus station and got in a minibus (more like a big car)and started on our way, withing 30 minutes it stared to get windier and windier, it was like going around round-abouts constantly, it wasnt fun!!This continued for 3 hours and we all felt awful. We arrived and i rang the Darling View Point Guest House to come and pick up up, he did and then were were shown to our room. The entire GH is made of wood, the walls in our bedroom are thatched, there is a really nice and big landing and balcony with cushions and hammocks.
I then walked into town and it was just like being at a festival, dirt tracks for paths, decking along the river with hippies sat drinking, people playing acoustic guitars and flutes made of bamboo and jangly things hanging from trees. To get into the town you have to walk across a bamboo foot bridge which has seen better days but the view is amazing, it is like looking at a water color painting or something out of Pocahontas.
The town reminds me of a sea side town, there are lots of cafes and pubs and places offering tours and shops selling hippie clothes.
At night time the stalls come out selling really nice food for pennies, some times not even pennies as 5 Baht is 0.02p!!
We then found out be reading the numerous t-shirts for sale that the reason why we hated the journey so much was because it was 762 bends.
However tomorrow we are going back to Chiang Mai so must face all those bends again!!
