Im back in Pai. The last two days here have been the Pai festival. Starting just before sunset musicians, dancers, fire and home made liquor fill the streets un till the early hours. A health and safety disaster area but enjoyable all the same.

As the nights drew on and the local people consumed increasing quantities of their chosen poison a division became clear. This is Lisu territory, and Thai confrontation is common. Everyone i knew said it was all for fun, but it looked like full on tribal warfare at times to me.

Despite what i said earlier using a motorbike has become the only way of getting around Pai. Cars are non existent, and so its all pretty slow and safe to drive around in, as well as being good fun.

I'll be going further into the mountains in the next few days with Fon, Nud and her husband Dan. We're off to Mamu their Lisu village to visit some family, i think its about 40 km north of here and about 10 km from Sappong.

See you when i get back.