A short drive down a mostly dirt track and across a narrow bamboo bridge is a hippie treehouse haven known as Valhalla. You can sleep there in tents and sit around a campfire in the evening, and during the day pop in to chill in a hammock with a smoothie or a cheeky afternoon drink. […]

I had a friend I originally met in Langkawi (Malaysia) to come and stay with me in my new house in Pai that I was renting for the month. One of the days that she was staying, we decided to do a day trip up to Lod cave. We rented some bikes from town and drove […]

If you fancy a challenging walk  whilst in the vicinity of Chiang Mai/Pai in Northern Thailand, or even if you just a spectacular view worthy of a “throw-your-hands-up-in-the air, back-to-the-camera, I-am-master-of-the-wilderness” style photograph then take a trip to Pai canyon. Words of advice… Don’t go in the midday heat, and don’t wear flip-flops! A little […]

I had an opportunity whilst I was staying in Pai to help out painting the new local school for the day. We were armed with sponges, rollers, buckets and paint and a rough idea to create a “rainbow room”. I haven’t painted for years and something about making patterns with bright colours and sponges took […]

Whilst I was in Pai, the local art gallery “Pittalew” held an art exchange. The idea was to take a piece of unfinished art along to the exchange, someone would take your art and finish it in their own vision and style and you would do the same with someone else’s art. I didn’t participate this […]