Motorbiking in Pai
Renting a motorbike has been an amazing way to see the country and travel with different groups of people.
![Practicing on backroads](https://www.secondbreakfast.co/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f7cf6f2e8-4b94-4d77-8009-c384e691d5d4_3000x2250-jpeg.jpg)
For $17, we’ve had a motorbike for three days (including gas!).
We’ve overcome our fear following the stitches.
![White Buddha steps](https://www.secondbreakfast.co/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f69d690a5-13ad-4f23-b555-638a9b913048_2250x3000-jpeg.jpg)
We biked over to the White Buddha temple overlooking Pai with three Dutch travelers we met at our hostel. The two guys are on a 3 week holiday. The girl met up with them in Bangkok and is traveling for 6 months.
![Bamboo steps](https://www.secondbreakfast.co/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f6ee5d291-9c1d-466c-803b-8f8e91554ac2_2188x3000-jpeg.jpg)
We’ve gone to the bamboo walking bridge, the Pam Bok Waterfall, the Mo Paeng Waterfall, and Pai Canyon. As you pull up, there’s always a collection of bikes. Odds are you’ve seen the other tourists in town or at a different site. It’s fun seeing people you met at a bar the night before.
![Biking up to the sunset](https://www.secondbreakfast.co/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f7075fab0-8648-43f0-a173-851ce264aa07_2488x3000-jpeg.jpg)
This morning, we woke up at 5:30am to bike up to the Chinese Viewpoint to try to catch the sunrise. We met a handful of other Americans and Brits we’ve been hanging out with. It was foggy.
The other American said, “I’m not leaving Pai until I get up here one morning and it’s a clear sunrise.”