Welcome back, and please enjoy the follow up to last week’s action-packed post on Part 1 of our first trip to Mae Hong Son Province
(Pai withstanding), as promised. There is less action then we’ve come to expect
from recent posts, but I will compensate with lots of pictures. Without further
ado (fancy word right?): Part 2
After a run-of-the-mill (yet comfortable) bus ride
through the baffling scenery and terrain of the North-westernmost region of
Thailand, we arrived at our destination of Mae Hong Son (the town) in the late
afternoon. We took a tuk tuk from the bus station into the center of town, a
journey that was easily walkable, showing our inexperience with the area, which
we generally try to avoid. Embarassment quickly forgotten, we started walking
around in order to get acclimated and find a guesthouse. We eventually settled
on a cheap little number by the man-made lake at the center of town, and set
off quickly to make the most of the remaining hour-ish of sunlight. We saw a
temple on a hill at the edge of town, so we went there. Turns out it’s a fairly
big deal. Also turns out you can drive up… no one told us, so we walked. Worth
it though, I would say:
We headed back down the mountain, excited to get out and
about the following day to explore the landscape we’d just lusted after. On the
way back down, we happened upon a collection of very old monk statues that I
think are funny enough to include at this point:
(pictures and further adventures after the jump)
(pictures and further adventures after the jump)