Pai After The Flood! (with Flood Pictures)

[Chris Pirazzi]

Hello,

There seems to be a lot of misinformation in the forums

about Pai. I live here and I do not run a tourist

business in Pai, so I can give you the straight dope:

PAI IS OPEN FOR VISITORS NOW !

The flood affected some, but not all, of the businesses in

town, so there is still accomodation, restaurants, trekking,

lazy chilling, and all the stuff there's always been.

Plus the town is not overrun with tourists--a bonus.

You can see all the details of the flood damage here:

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and you can see lots of general info about Pai here:

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Given the truly insane rate at which folks can rebuild bamboo

huts here, I suspect Pai will be back to near its old tourist capacity

in late November and December, but I could be wrong.

- Chris Pirazzi

[sabaijai]

Pai may be beyond capacity this coming high season (Dec-April), as there will most likely be a shortage of rooms. Around 200 rooms were lost to the floods, mainly along the river but also at high-end Belle Villa and Baan Krating. New contruction is expected to replace perhaps a hundred of these lost rooms by the time December rolls around.