Pai is the hippiest place I have been to so far. It's beautiful, temperate in climate (read: bloody cold when the sun sets and the wind is blowing through your colander of a bamboo hut), and it's small.
I've had the fortune to have met some of the western residents, including Ben, my Israeli/American/very cool neighbour. He's been in Pai for about 2 years and refers to himself as a 'long term visitor'. He plays bass guitar in local bands, mends bikes, eats cake and chills. He speaks, like many of the long term visitors here, of a vibe that runs through Pai, a vibe that will lead you from one place to the next and you just have to follow it to end up where you want to be. They also talk of 'ordering', of 'programming' the vibe internally - in other words, make a wish and it'll come true pretty damn soon. This is their chat before marijuana, by the way.
The examples Ben has given me of this so far strike me, the ever open-minded sceptic, as being things that had pretty good odds of happening anyway. It also suggests a certain simplicity in the desires of the people living here. Possibly the reason they live here in the first place. Or maybe there is a magic to Pai. Vibe or no vibe, it's a cool place with a group of very contented people living there.
For photos of my time in Pai, go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oddballproductions/sets/72157594403341886/
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