Bridge over the river Pai

8/3/22At breakfast a guy comes intto the restaurant and says he recognises me from 10 years ago when i was here with Amber he owns the book shop and has lived here for 20+ years. The girls and I hire bikes again and our first stop is bamboo Bridge. It's a bridge about 1km long that leads to a beautiful temple along the way is the a sign that says donations to feed the fish and secondly the children, I'm glad they have their priorities right. When we arrive back to where the bikes are the guy at the little shops has some banging tunes playing and we end up dancing in the car park. Our next stop is the memorial bridge which the Japanese built during world war 2 to ferry vehicles across the river during they're invasion of Burma. When they left the original bridge was burnt down but Thai people rebuilt it. It is in the prettiest setting with the river running underneath it and a mountain view. We have food in the Ilove pai restaurant which has huge egg chairs but the guy is so on one literally shouting at us about checking temperature and wearing masks giving us orders of how to order and the process of how the food and drink will be delivered. Its like something out of fawlty towers and I sit in my chair giggling as new people come in and he's like a record on repeat. As we came along the road we spotted an ornate bridge and when we go back to explore we find a monastery where the monks live and a beautiful Buddha temple. The place of worship is called an Abbey which means father. 93 percent of the population of Thailand are Buddhists . The monks each have a small room called a cell where they live and use as a devotional place. I take myself to bed early as I'm going for sunrise in the morning.Read more