Pu Chee Fa

Pu Chee Fa is located in the mountains near the Thailand - Laos border at an elevation of about 4500 feet. I had been there a year ago to take pictures but was thwarted by heavy fog. The road to and from is steep, but in between it's a very easy and scenic drive.  There are plenty of places to stay, with prices ranging from 500 to 1500 baht.  There isn't much to do except relax and enjoy the people and the scenery.

The graph below shows the elevation change from Pu Chee Fa all the way to my home in Chiang Mai.  Strangely, I have mixed units of measure, with feet for elevation and kilometers for distance.  Anyway, you get the picture.  Check out the decent on the left side of the graph - you almost need a parachute to exit Pu Chee Fa.

Sunset on my first night at Pu Chee Fa.  I had fun changing the camera settings, trying to get different effects.

Looking north from Pu Chee Fa toward the Mekong River

High enough for pine trees, but not to high for banana trees.

Once you make the initial climb up the mountain much of the road just meanders pleasantly.

Sunset on the second evening at Doi Pa Thong.

Picture taken from my hotel early in the morning.

I took the long way back home on a road that skirts the Mekong River.  I rested at this sala, looking across the river to Laos.

Mekong River

Long boat, or slow boat on the Mekong River.  These are passenger boats that make stops along the river in both Thailand and Laos.

1. So, what do hill tribe kids do for fun and games? 

   Those are empty beer bottles on the ground. You balance the mouth of one bottle on the mouth of another. But that's child play. Next, you toss tiny pebbles onto the inverted bottom of the bottle. Whoever can place the most pebbles before the bottles topple over wins the game.