I Could QUIT EVERYTHING and Move Here! | Falling in love with Pai, Thailand

I almost wanted to move here after I visited. Pai, a magical little town in Northern Thailand, located about 3 hours up some very windy roads. I had never heard of it, and I was recommended by a friend to visit this mountain town - I am so glad I listened. It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. A perfect place for digital nomads to set up base for a bit. According to Wikipedia, as of 2006 the population was 2284, however I think it is closer to 3000+. It is quite touristy, but if you head out to the country, you will feel worlds away from it all. This area has so much to offer, and I definitely found a place I could call home, but that won't be happening now. I need to keep exploring the world.
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[@user-tq5ji5to2z]

Yeah that place is beautiful you can move that side if you can it's really stunning ❤️❤

[@PetrenaSchell]

It is so beautiful! Alas, I am not moving countries right now in my life. Just loving my time visiting them.😊❤️

[@cokesocool2203]

Everyplace in this country is always amazing and there's always a corner or two you'd land on and really want to make it home.

[@PetrenaSchell]

This is true!

[@user-xv3gu4cp8w]

Pai is the paradise and second home for all backpacker !!!

[@KTT_-vw2ur]

You find yourself in a particular location for a reason, perhaps a connection from your past life. In my case, despite being Thai and having studied in the UK for 12 years, I had never heard of Nan province until fate led me there, allowing me to rediscover who I was...

[@davidellis5141]

You're climbing the stairway to heaven that Led Zeppelin only imagined Petrena ! The affordability & simplicity of Thailand 🇹🇭 is definitely appealing. It's not quite " paradise " but it's close. 🌴 ⛱️

[@PetrenaSchell]

It's pretty close! Definitely a stairway to a magical place.🙌☀️✨️💕

[@mattmackane]

I went for a one month holiday to Chiang Mai in 2000 - 24 years later I am still here! Love Pai too! Rode my bicycle there first time in 2004. Wonderful.

[@garyross7644]

We went to Pai in 2002. Planed to stay for 3-5 days but ended staying for 3 weeks. My one time best friend Jack stayed and built a home there. He wanted me to move there but I realized that the 3 hour trio to CM was too inconvenient. Haven’t been back in 10 years. But might go sometime, but afraid its changed so much. Still have friends there I’d like to visit. In 2005 the dam up river broke and flooded the town. Never was an official count of how many backpackers were swept away and were killed!

[@tewinsirichokchaikul2435]

You have selected the best choice, good place to stay

[@dobrorhei]

Lovely. I have so many nice memories from Pai. Cheers from Brazil

[@user-li6li8xu8l]

คุณน่ารักมากๆลองทำบุญตักบาครที่วัดคุณจะได้บุญจิตใจผ่องใส.เข้าถึงวัฒนธรรมไทยลึกซึ้งขึ้น.ขอให้เที่ยวให้สนุกในเมืองไทย

[@minjim13]

OMGness I need to be there!!! Thanks for this wonderful video Patrena!

[@PetrenaSchell]

My pleasure!💖 You absolutely need to visit Pai.🥰

[@joemekchai150]

Lovely that hearing you speak in Thai, enjoy here.

[@peterhoward7521]

Yes after weeks in Thailand see can say delicious very, amazing

[@georgeanderson207]

@@peterhoward7521 what a complete loser comment 🤣 in response to a local being friendly . nice contrast

[@ChaddParks]

Pai is so awesome. All of Thailand is amazing! Can't wait to get over there again, 30 more days until my flight!

[@ex-engineer-th]

Welcome to stay with us in Thailand.

[@Mozzermarr10]

Pai is fantastic. It's the opposite of Canada, in that the weather is lovely, the culture is intact and thriving, the people arent stressed out, and it's affordable. Enjoy all of it :)

[@jomontanee]

2:06 Wow what a perfect room! 3:09 OMG THEY SLIDED ALONG THE RIVER IN FRONT OF YOU!!🎉🎉

[@lavista4u]

Pai is at 19.4 degrees of earths latitude where most sacred sites are located. It is a very spiritual place, people get rejuvenated and disease free in these sacred sites

[@PetrenaSchell]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing.🥰

[@kamolhengkiatisak1527]

That steps upto White Buddha are nothing when compared to 3790 steps at Moon Mountain, Khao Wong Phrachan, in Lopburi province. There is a one month annual trek up the mountain to visit the temple in Feb each year, 24 hours with lights along the way at night. There are also food/drink vendors about 500 steps along the way.

[@PetrenaSchell]

Wow, that's sounds amazing!

[@tinykingdom4494]

I'm Thai travelling to many places in the world but never been to Pai before!! ha ha ha The reason why I have to visit once is your clip. Have to see by my own eyes why you love this place a lot. You are a real Pai Ambassador to the world!!!

[@letzgow6110]

The main city itself is overran with European backpackers. Not a place to see the Thai people/culture, but the surrounding areas where tourist go are very nice up there.

[@ervinsmoviecorner8748]

Happy weeken, Petrena!❤

[@PetrenaSchell]

Thank you!! Happy weekend to you too Ervin!🙌❤️

[@ervinsmoviecorner8748]

You too, Petrena!

[@chayquang3493]

So beautiful 😍❤️🤩💓💖

[@PetrenaSchell]

💖🙌🤗

[@Emilysrichala.]

Loved this video 🎉❤

[@PetrenaSchell]

Thank you!!

[@achirayapatjaiko3374]

ยินดีต้อนรับสู่ประเทศไทย ขอให้สนุกกับการท่องเทียวในประเทศไทยครับ

[@suttisakangkapanich7809]

Pai is so amazing.

[@wichaiinsom]

ทุกสิ่งในโลกนี้ ไม่ใช่มีใครมาตัดสินได้ว่า....ที่ใหนดี..ที่ใหนสวย..ที่นี่ดีที่สุด วิเศษมากที่สุดในโลก แต่ในความเป็นจริง....สิ่งที่ตัดสินได้ดีที่สุดคือ...กฏเกณฑ์ของธรรมชาติ และความรักของมนุษย์ต่างหากที่จะช่วยรักษา และตัดสินธรรมชาตินั้นๆที่ทุกคนต้องรักษามันไว้ให้คู่โลกให้ยาวนานตลอดไปครับ...❤❤❤

[@teerathatphatcharasarunpha2915]

ขอให้เที่ยวอย่างมีความสุข เดินทางปลอดภัยนะครับ 🤗

[@EarthCamper]

Awesome video...n place. ❤

[@nicolasmaritz]

We also loved PAI. What a great place 🫶🫶

[@PetrenaSchell]

It is amazing!!🙌✨️

[@sugarcane9425]

Pai is paradise for the western.They have various western food and I found great Panini sandwiches there. Yeah, I missed Pai

[@loganriki2625]

I enjoyed this. Makes you want to go there to relax for a minute.

[@PassportDreamGetaways]

Great video, you have inspired me to go to Pai. ❤

[@harshagladlife2314]

Wanderful video petrina

[@dan1327]

Indeed, it's very quiet and relaxing.

[@Frdakhla]

Salam kenal video anda sangan menginsfirasi, buat saya terimaksih sudah share video

[@stevemahoney6493]

The summer of love never ended in Pai. But the road to Pai is rough.

[@Got-your-point]

Happiness is on during the way.... especially on the way @Pai....Huay Nam Dang

[@chaiyongpraiwan9210]

อยู่​เมือง​ไทย​นาน​ๆ​นะครั​บ​😊🙏​

[@mangostickyrice555]

Thumbs up 👍 Petrena

[@PetrenaSchell]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@kevinwarner4390]

Wow! Pai looks pretty nice. I just got back to Canada last week. I didn't make it to Pai but did stay in Chiang Mai for 5 days. I already wanna go back!!

[@yedukondalukarnati6065]

Hai Petrena ❤❤❤❤❤

[@PetrenaSchell]

Hi!🙋🏼‍♀️❤️😊

[@lightwaters]

I was in phuket....I was a workaholic ...going there I switched off !!........that place is magical...for the westerner the contrast is soo extreme that i saw people who went there tend to settle

[@ongkokhow8292]

In love with Pai... What a choice of a lifetime... It's a paradise.

[@donbrashsux]

Pai has that effect on so many 🙏🙏

[@stuartmcdonald7888]

Welcome, I also stay in Pai 😊

[@imveryhungry112]

thanks for these videos

[@jamtlandhomesteaders2710]

Lookin' Good Petrena*****

[@user-fw6bb9vl5j]

Pai will make you happy TH

[@stevenhull5025]

All well and good selling up and moving to Thailand but be prepared for the heat.

[@HaYaTo_LogresJPRPG]

I'm Thai and we Welcome you to stay in Thailand.🙏❤️👍✌️🍻🍻

[@omit369]

Yes pye is cool.

[@user-xp8sr3uh9u]

Welcome to Thai and ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@vithayachaipanya561]

Hi Petrena fr Bkk, just wonder have you try the Chinese food by the lake yet ? It’s so so good, please enjoy thank you Petrena.

[@PetrenaSchell]

I haven't! But thanks for the heads up. I definitely should.🥰

[@boonsoongnamkam]

this is the best place for who love peaceful.

[@user-tm2cl5vk9g]

เธอคงชอบธรรมชาตินะ..ขอให้มีความสุข..ในการเที่ยวในประเทศไทย....มาให้กำลังใจ

[@ColinWard-hz4dp]

Great video, thanks for sharing! Pai is on our list to see next visit. Just got home a week ago from Koh Samui, where the air quality was not great. How was the air in Pai when you were in the north.

[@PetrenaSchell]

I think I left just before the aie quality diminished in Pai.

[@gramdown]

Relax place ❤🎉

[@happyhappy3165]

🥰👏wowowow Good Video👍

[@PetrenaSchell]

Thank you 🤗

[@sayunprakobnan8140]

You're welcome

[@WalkingmanPattaya]

Like so many wonderful small towns Pai has been over popularized by KZbin and social media and now it is more expensive and crowded ..If you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem young travel vlogger! 555 It's all good , carry on and enjoy your time in Pai BTW Population of Pai went from 2200 people in 2008 to over 26,000 now in 2024 ....enjoy it while you can....see you also stayed at the 4000 baht + resort while there, quite the lifestyle for a young'un 😂 Yes I am jealous haha

[@YuChiGongG]

Wow. You are just so HIGH FREQUENCY!

[@PetrenaSchell]

Thank you so much!! I work on it everyday.😊

[@roseogrady8785]

A Gem to Love.

[@weeleung6043]

I love Pai, especially steak and kidney, with mashed potatoes,peas,and gravy 😂

[@jameso8418]

I hope to travel there soon

[@ashjan3317]

cool vlog

[@hipplantchick713]

Beautiful 😍

[@PetrenaSchell]

Thank you! 😊

[@hipplantchick713]

@@PetrenaSchell You're welcome n kitty n I wish you a lovely day Petrena 🥰🐈‍⬛😻💖

[@birajkavreli8860]

Nice 🙏 happy day

[@jacqueopaolo5707]

Pai is a wonderful place,in fact Mae Hong Son,Chiang Rai,Krabi,Chiang Khan etc etc.I Love Thailand and can't wait to get back HOME😊

[@gatordave551]

who doesn't love Pie!! Banana Cream for me please :)

[@wayneanthonyholmes4437]

V. Nice 👍

[@chrischristofis8501]

Think i drove past there on a motorbike in 1990, it was paddy fields plowed by buffalo then, no tourism 🤔

[@jameso8418]

Bed looking good!👍🌝👍

[@tsif7828]

Stay there through March and April before making any long term plans I strongly suggest. The smoke season is brutal. I live in Chiangmai but likely leaving for that reason

[@philliproberts7294]

And the heat and humidity even though Pai is cool first thing Early morning

[@SteveSmith-zz4ih]

How is the burning season going? Walk About Wayne lives in CM but has headed sth to get away from the smoke, BUT its hotter and more humid down sth.

[@iRickJourney]

คุณน่ารักมาก💕💕

[@user-pg9ou2et8b]

Welcome to thailand❤❤❤❤

[@TheJuggru]

Why do many people quit everything and move to Thailand now

[@HUNTER-qn5ff]

Out of mind ,while many thai quit everything and move to aboard

[@imfine-ok1536]

@@HUNTER-qn5ff I would say most Thai's are not experienced just put it that way. One day, they too hopefully they would understand.

[@chayapatchaya8782]

May be someone 's a smart ytb and just have sweet talked.😂

[@lymswan]

IT GOOD TO HEAR YOU LIKE THAILAND. BUT, BE CAREFUL THE BAD GUY. YOU SHOULD HAVE SOMEBODY STAY WITH YOU OR GOING WITH YOU ALL THE TIMES. IT NOT ONLY THAILAND BUT EVERY WHERE. GOOD LUCK! FROM THAI GUY❤.

[@woodyexplorer]

Everybody is doing a little thing for a little living. Nobody is thinking about dominating the world.

[@Aiden_Wang]

wonderful video! I heard that it is the smocky season there right now. does that sabotage the living experience there? thank you.

[@PetrenaSchell]

It is smokey season now, I haven't been there during this season, as I am now traveling other places. But, I am used to smokey season in Canada, and it definitely changes things.

[@damthom4237]

ที่นี่สวยมาก เคยไปเมื่อ 25 ปีก่อน

[@letzgow6110]

My groups of friends and I went to Pai said it doesn’t even feel like Thailand. It’s essentially a European tourist city that has Thai people working there with a cheap price for food. Even people don’t eat much Thai food there but western food. No culture in the city of Pai

[@onopparat4096]

I have just subscribed to your channel and now trying to go through your video one by one. Very lively and lovely. Just curious, how do you familiarize yourself in this tropical country where full of those pesticide, bugs and especially mosquitoes?

[@PetrenaSchell]

Thank you for subbing! I have traveled for so many years, I am just used to the different bugs and creatures. I don't really think too much about it. Unless I am getting bitten, then I do everything I can to prevent it.😊

[@winnerwinnerchickendinner8809]

Must be the foods I guess

[@user-wx3st7jl5n]

❤🎉สวัสดี ขอให้มีประสบการณ์ที่ดีในเมืองไทย❤🎉😂

[@ragbag46]

I cheated and drove my motorbike up to the top to see the white Buddha and try it’s coffee. But yes tons of things to do, very much geared to younger set.

[@1deadhead]

I loved Pai, but you just don’t want to be there during the burn season. It’s brutal !

[@bazzap]

Exactly right. Funny how that never gets mentioned in the tourist brochures or by YT vloggers.

[@PetrenaSchell]

That's a good point. It was something I had intended on mentioning. If I was still there it would have to be mentioned as it has begun.

[@TruthInspector]

Do it, im 62 now. Wished i would have

[@user-cm8ek4fz3v]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@darrellatwood1152]

Maybe you mention it in another video but what is the cost to stay at that town?

[@user-bc1bd5ig7b]

You're living in Thailand & don't like sugar....ouch!! 😜 Pai is fantastic indeed ...the entire Kingdom rocks!

[@PetrenaSchell]

I do love it all of Thailand! I loved my time visiting the country.🥰 Haha, the sugar thing comment cracked me up!😂

[@marky6653]

I want to come. What's the smoke like atm?

[@gypsy1962]

I ❤️ Pie 🥧

[@manosparavida3551]

I spent a week in Pai in Dec'22. I think it's a great experience, but there were far too many pretentious, soap dodging, wannabe hippies there. The food there was 2nd only to Da Da café in Chiang Mai. Although one time I was daft enough to buy a burger from the street vendor on the main side street and it was appalling. But I still found Pai a totally beautiful existence.

[@sarawutjintanukul6372]

🥰🥰🥰

[@dares16]

Looks like a straightforward and peaceful way of life, a long way away from the chaos in the West with neoliberalism. The marriage proposal is still on the table either way.

[@PetrenaSchell]

I will still keep it in mind 😊✨️

[@wisanutripon3988]

nice place and nice girl. 🇹🇭

[@ChiangMaiSenators]

Bring a book

[@sureshsky647]

hai

[@Juy1234]

Welcome to Happyland😂😂😂

[@gangadhar.786ramala2]

It's so peaceful to see you...nice video petrena...you are amazing girl.... take care and i expecting your reply

[@PetrenaSchell]

Thank you so much! It's a beautiful place.💖

[@vanratpiyakarnchana102]

please stay 🙂

[@PetrenaSchell]

Thank you!😊💕