My Parents Are Coming To Visit..

[Khruumaiyai]

Hi,

I've been up and down the 1095 Chiang Mai-Pai road quite a bit, and my advice would be to drive yourself, if you are going to drive. Hard to find a driver I'd want to trust my parents to.

Any decent car will be fine - the road surface is pretty new, though there are some steep climbs/descents. Just take it easy, especially going into the worst blind bends. I wouldn't recommend doing it after dark though.

However, bearing in mind your folks might not be used to that kind of road, I would actually recommend flying SGA - my parents did it, had a great experience, video-taped the whole thing and showed it to everyone who visited them for months afterwards! Not everyday you go on a prop plane with only 6-8 other passengers!

Some lovely hotels in Pai, too.

Hope you have fun.