Thailand, Mae Hong Son

A long (4 hours) but beautiful public bus ride from Pai. We went from Mae Hong Son through Pai back to Chiang Mai. A small provincial town between the hills. Take a walk along the river.

We also took a good day trip out to see the Karen Long Neck women. Actually not very touristy. They are very friendly and some speak amazingly good English. Also went to the Myanmar (Burma) border and saw some other hill-tribe villages on the way but not nearly as interesting. Was able to walk across the border into Burma for a few minutes under the watchful eye of a Thai army checkpoint. A few other things on the trip like waterfalls and a boring fish cave. Get the driver to take you to the temple on the top of the hill overlooking Mae Hong Son so you don't have to walk up the hill yourself.