We had some friends visiting Chiang Mai from Maui and they invited us to come and visit them! We were so excited to get to see a familiar face and hug a real live friend, but we went back a forth for a little while. We wanted to see them so bad, but Chiang Mai is over 3 hours from Pai and through a twisting mountain road. We were not sure it was a good idea with kids, on a motorbike, or at all. We ended up saying, “what the heck” and going, it took us 7 hours by moped, but it was totally worth it! The drive was cold and long, but we were in high spirits and had so much fun. It was one of our best adventures so far.all geared up and ready to go: gas-check, icy coca-cola in the cup holder-check, ponchos-check, unrealistic giddiness-check

134 kilometers in the rain

I had to stop and buy some shades to block the rain (and so super cool and dorky)

on the drive a picture of the King and Queen

check point-we got stopped at a few of these, but they just asked where we were going

there are Buddhist spiritual houses randomly on the side of the highway

snack and potty break

crispy bacon I packed for a snack

Jarret and Conner zooming ahead-there is supposedly 762 curves from Chiang Mai to Pai-I believe it

driving through the clouds, Peyton thought this was so coolPeyton was in charge of letting me know how many miles were left

cows on the road

another check point

we stopped for a snack and to get out of the rain for a little bit

Peyton stepped on a nail while we were there, the nice lady that ran the store fixed him all up

all better and he put his shoes back on, he did not want to go barefoot anymore

she dotted on the boys the whole time we were there

we stopped for a warm lunch

we ordered Pad thai, chicken noodle soup, and chicken and rice

it took so long to get down the mountain because the road was wet and the curves were sharp, but it was so beautiful

a mudslide on the highway! it was fixed when we came back 3 days later

i thought this was so creative how they built this road sign

we passed this cool house that was built into the side of the mountain

potty break #2

many beautiful Buddhist temples on the drive

such an amazing drive

i had to pull over and take a picture of this sky-it reminded Peyton and I of Trek

one more snack break before Chiang Mai

the man’s shop had so much cool stuff in it we stayed for 15 minutes just checking it all out

his jogging trophies (i didn’t know you could get a trophy for jogging!)

i finally have a use for all my coke cans (you too mama and the amanda’s)

because that is how all us women carry around our beer

the Thai shaka

this is what 6 hours in a moped makes your hair look like

we made it to Chiang Mai!

in the big city, waiting behind Jarrett at a red light

this place was crazy!!! glad we learned to drive mopeds in the quiet country first

Jarrett my hero! a well-deserved fist pump, he found our hotel in the big city!