When I stayed at cave lodge, near Pai, we saw Pai as the local town centre, and went there for shopping and to interview people for our fieldwork (I was there on a university field course).

Now looking at the photos on here and other people’s entries, I realise what a tiny, slow, relaxed village it was – and not a bustling metropolis after all! (it’s all relative) I remember it being a nice place, and could have spent a lot longer there.