Pai, Thailand 2024 ✌️☮️ Hidden Hippie Paradise 🌈 in Northern Thailand

[@kamolhengkiatisak1527]

This is simply one of the best Pai videos in youtube. Must take quite a lot of work to edit such a wonderful piece. I biked to Pai 22 years ago, when most visitors were Thai youths and along the way there were not cafes or 7-11 at all. Arrived in Pai at 8 pm and was so tired that I decided not to do any exploring. The next morning was biking to Maehong son, arriving there at 8.30 pm. Again so tired and did not explore anything. It was a regret that it took me 7 days to complete Maehongson loop but I did not explore anything due to being too tired each day/night. Now I am 72, will drive the same route by car and this time I promise myself to enjoy each destination fully and will take about 2 weeks to complete the loop. Come December this year is my schedule.

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

Your feedback makes us SO HAPPY. What an adventure, and I'm so excited that you are getting the chance to re-experience it. Thank you for your kind words, and for sharing your wonderful memories with us.

[@harshadfad]

Wow. Beautiful.

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

thank you!! Pai is def a visual feast!

[@Gaka-no-Fukkatsu]

Good job!!❤ Good day And Good luck for you.

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

thank you! we hope you are HEALTHY and HAPPY!

[@Gaka-no-Fukkatsu]

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[@richardlongmore9301]

I have been to pai six times and completely love it every time. It’s my spiritual home !

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

it's def got a cool vibe!

[@JeffLombardo]

Happy to finally see grown ups documenting life in a mature, digestible way. Keep going!

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

WOW, @JeffLombardo... Thank you so much for your kind words and support! It inspires us to keep creating and we truly appreciate it

[@akip.9390]

Excellent! This is one of the best, and most intelligent, travel Vlogs/commentaries I have ever watched. Great job!

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

WOW! thank you so much for the kind worlds, akip! .... you already made my day, and it's just getting started! thank you again

[@phurisak]

I love this video

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

Thank you, @phurisak! Taking the time to comment really inspires us to create more...

[@SolmadridVazquez]

Great video. Love the commentary!

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

thank you so much!! it's an easy place to talk about!

[@lucavc9656]

The production quality & commentary were fantastic wow!! I hope this video blows up because you definitely deserve it! 👏👏

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

WOW, @lucavc9656... Thank you so much for your kind words and support! We really enjoy making these videos, so we're glad to know that we're connecting with people like you!

[@alizaphanuyasinee3583]

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[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

thank you so much!!! WE LOVE IT HERE

[@anyplaceadventures]

Thanks for this really good video, great quality

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

Thank you, @placepics9106! Taking the time to comment truly inspires us to create more... a new video is coming SOON

[@MarkPettigrew-lu4md]

What a great video.

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

Thank you Mark! We are so glad you enjoyed it!

[@CultureDrift]

Wow! Such a great well rounded and informative vlog! thanks!

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

So glad you enjoyed it! We hope you will subscribe, as we have many more episodes on the way!

[@muaysepan2083]

Very Nice vedio K. Mike 🥰🥰🥰

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

Thank you so much Khun Muay!! 🙏 We have a new episode coming very soon!

[@Andrew-vt4zr]

Great video

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for taking the time to comment

[@Mr1971fordltd]

Great job.

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

Thank you for the kind words! Cheers!!!

[@scottmcleod400]

Nice work, sir. Was just in Pai in Jan 2024. Looking forward to my return. Safe journey!

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

Thank you! We look forward to returning as well!

[@pamrawlings4433]

I love hitching a ride with you guys as you travel the world. My husband and I, he being much older, can’t travel as far as we would love to. We go to 30A every yr, as one of our trips we do take, as we’ve done for 15 yrs., and we know of your good works in that area. It is changing there, a little too crowded these days. Again, love seeing your travels - stay safe and happy travels.

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

Thank you so much for your kind words!! Yes, while we LOVE our home on 30A, we always said that once we became empty-nesters (with our 4 healthy and happy children now evicted from the nest!), we would travel the world for as long as we could... so... here we are!!! I'm glad you are enjoying our stories and we have many more on the way.. (i hope!)... thank you again for the encouragement...

[@mikekearsley2407]

Great vid about Pai. Thanks from Seattle.

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

Thank you so much!!! We had fun making it for sure

[@wildwilliesadventures]

Really good video. I guess I have missed something, but where's your dog?

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

thank you!!! Ernie is still living his best life!! We have a wonderful dog-sitter in Bangkok who stays with Ernie at our apartment whenever we take short trips... we'll try to include him in a new video soon!

[@joykristin6797]

Love this channel.... Love this video and now I will be making a visiit to Pai.... You remind me of a person I met when I lived in a place called 30a. (USA) Anyhow, I think I will be binge watching your channel.

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

No way!! That’s me 😎🌴 … now that we’re finally empty nesters, we’re traveling the globe 🌍 for a bit! Thank you for your kind words 🙏🏼 and I hope you enjoy the other videos

[@ขันทนาสุนทนาไล]

สวยงามครับ

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

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[@darcy.douglas]

Great video. What camera do you use?

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

Hi! I only have 2 cameras... my iphone 15 and an Insta360 x3, which gives you those "third person" angles

[@franklombardo5066]

Hope to be there n a few weeks

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

it's an extraordinary place!

[@prcr8tion]

How are those hippies enjoying the annual Fire and Smoke festival? Are we going to see such a clear blue sky as in your video when we visit now, or are we going to choke on smoke and PM 2.5? 😅. Great video. Beautiful. We will wait until the air clears up before going there.

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

It was good when we were there, and Angela (my wife) was just in Chiang Mai yesterday (for the last few days) with friends.. she said she didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, although i'm sure it comes and goes with the winds

[@allanvanbree2391]

Ill be going here in 2 days❤😍

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

HAVE FUN!!! I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

[@allanvanbree2391]

@@AroundTheWorldWeGo your vid got me so excited aha. Thnx for the amazing content and enjoy travelling this beautifull world🙏🏼❤️

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

@@allanvanbree2391 more videos coming SOON!!!

[@jerjai252]

ถ่ายทำออกมาได้สวยมากค่ะ 😊

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

K̄hxbkhuṇ

[@HalimWander]

pai probably a bit isolated..but hopefully you do more video about pai..i can only seen one from every vloggers i known

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

We really enjoyed it! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment as well!

[@edobinyamini7205]

Are you the Sunscreen song guy?

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

ha! i don't know who that is, but my older self sure wishes my younger self would have used sunscreen more!

[@ronagoodwell2709]

Kao San Road of the north. The banana pancake, Lonely Planet haven for the newly hip.

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

great analogy!! yeah, we loved the area... but my biggest complaint about Pai itself was that there were more westerners than Thais... very much like Kao San Road or even Bangla Road in that regard, although a much more chill vibe, of course

[@ronagoodwell2709]

@@AroundTheWorldWeGo I first visited Pai about 25 years ago. It was a small, sleepy Thai village with a handful of thatched huts for visitors.

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

@@ronagoodwell2709 ​ i bet it was truly magical back then... i would ask you where the "new" place is... but i know you are wise enough to keep it to yourself, which I fully respect and recommend!! 🤣

[@ronagoodwell2709]

@@AroundTheWorldWeGo Naypyidaw

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

@@ronagoodwell2709 we've been to myanmar twice... first in 2010, and then again in Jan 2020... but never to Naypyidaw! we hope to return when it settles down

[@BackRoadStoneRevival]

Awesome. I hope to go in August

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

you'll have so much fun!! great vibe for a little village

[@CME_Tube21]

That's what a tourist is telling who is far away from reality ! BTW, Golden Triangle is around 200 kilometres away from Pai ... ( Living in rural CNX since 15 years, been to Pai countless times )

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

I'm very happily far away from reality! 😂 Thank you for the feedback and insight! 🙏

[@mahers1986]

Hi, amazing video, you completely sold me and my wife about Pai. But just wanted to know, how to get around if you don't know how to drive a bike? We can rent a car to go to Pai but can you roam around places in a car? Or is there any other method of commute available for people who can't ride? Thank you!

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

Yes, you can easily explore by car, and there are also taxis / tuktuks ready and eager to take you anywhere you like

[@palidamook1767]

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[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

เราจะ! เราพยายามสวมหมวกกันน็อคเสมอเวลาขี่มอเตอร์ไซค์ และฉันก็ขับมอเตอร์ไซค์เฉพาะในเมืองเล็กๆ เท่านั้น ไม่กล้าปั่นจักรยานในกรุงเทพ!

[@catbernstein8628]

Enjoyed your witty narration and video… though I believe it is the swallows of Capistrano, not salmon :)

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

ha!! yes... it's actually a line from "Dumb & Dumber".... one of my favs from a long time ago

[@RoseKennedy-x9o]

Lucy Mountains

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

The whole area is beautiful 🤩

[@The_Thailandai]

Welcome to pai Thailand

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

THANK YOU!!! We absolutely love it here.. we appreciate your warm heart

[@HalifaxWendell-h5i]

Watsica Divide

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

what is that? i've never heard of it!

[@theauroralightyr]

Welcome to Thailand. Your video editing is top-notch. You suppose to earn a lot more subs. 🎉

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

Wow, thank you! We have fun making them. We have a GREAT new episode coming SOON

[@wariwanda1]

ปายสวยสงบ

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

yes it is!

[@williamtell5365]

Pai Is really just kind of backpacker land. It has its merits but as a longtime foreigner living in SE Asia, I personally find the backpacker set pretty tiresome. OK, so that's just my own view. I'd suggest for someone looking for a more real kind of haven for people looking for good alternatives in northern Thailand the town of Chiang Dao, which is beautiful and not overrun by the obnoxious element.

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

yes, while we really enjoyed Pai, it's def more of a tourist town... we can't WAIT to check out Chiang Dao based on your recommendation! THANK YOU

[@williamtell5365]

@@AroundTheWorldWeGo you're welcome. I know my post was a little snarky but it was from genuine interest in sharing the real unbidden gems. I hope you like Chiang Dao. The whole area around there is lovely

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

@@williamtell5365 didn't take it that way at all!! always LOVE a true insider tip

[@djbarnes11]

The hippies left pai years ago the new age has arrived. With foam parties bikini boxing; and a big piss up, all at very high prices! What’s hippie about that. Hippies had respect for the environment that is definitely not the case in pai anymore

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

You bring up a very interesting point… this is def a different breed. Most “hippies” I knew in the 70s were adamantly against all war in all of its forms, while today, many of those same folks favor US involvement in wars (Ukraine, Gaza, etc). In the 70s, hippies advocated free speech in all its forms, but now some of those same people favor censorship whenever it challenges their beliefs. In the 70s, hippies completely distrusted the government and authority, but today the same people I knew back then now favor government mandated injections etc. It’s really been fascinating to watch their worldviews completely flip over the decades (I guess age does that to us!). I wish George Carlin was still here to provide some colorful commentary on the topic! 😂 At least most seem to still have a genuine concern for the environment in most cases!!!

[@7of9]

@@AroundTheWorldWeGoYou mean that they’re all Democrats?

[@mauwiemorris2686]

Even better now cannabis is legal here

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

Yes, it def adds a fitting vibe

[@surytravel]

[@AroundTheWorldWeGo]

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