Self Made Tour ..The Mae Hong Song Loop

so, at long last we have our guest house license. before we open we have decided to take a much needed holiday to recharge our batteries before cracking on with the guest house.
so , after much flaffing around this morning, we finally left Chiang Mai at midday, on my JRD 150cc chopper.
it took us about an hour and a half to get onto the road to Pai, a left turn at Mae Tang. not far up that road we stopped at a nice little Thai cafe, next to a small stream, and had Kanna Muu Krop(fried kale and pork with rice, and a couple of Birdy tinned coffees. it was a lovely little spot with a cool breeze running up the stream, as good as any fan, and we sat watching several large butterflies frolicking in the sunlight that broke through the trees along the stream. we had considered renting a more powerful bike for this trip but after realizing that it would cost us about 3000 baht, changed our minds. glad about that as the road to Pai has turned out to be not so bad, steepness wise. it is how ever extremely twisty. great fun tho. we made several rest stops along the way, taking in some of the stunning mountain views.
arrived in Pai at just after 5.30pm.
Pai turns out to be a beautiful little town on a delightful river. how long it stays that way is anyones guess as tourism is here in a big way. clearly very popular with tourists of all kinds, the town is packed with guest houses, small and large riversaide resorts, eateries of every sort you could imagine, and bars , bars and more bars, a couple of which with excellent live music and even one where you can go and join in a live jam.
its still bearable right now and if i wasnt so tired from our journey right now, im sure id be out enjoying the night atmosphere some more. its got a bit of a festival feeling to it. sadly, its popularity is likely to lead to being less bearable by the year, so i'd say get here while its still fun.
after checking a couple of riverside places out and getting prices around the 5-600 baht mark for anything decent , we settled for The Tonga Guest house just off what appears to be the main Bar Street leading down to the river.
our stuff dumped in the very pleasant, clean room,(lovely ensuite shower room), that set us back 300 baht, we took a walk into town, went for pizza and more thai food at Baan Pai restaurant; more walk around, ginger tea at the Tick cafe, bought a couple of second hand books from the shop opposite The Tick and are debating whther to take a massage before bed.
todays costs;
fuel ....tank filled for 300baht.
food and drinks on the way ...118+95+40
food and drinks here.....80+285+20+50
books....... 630
room.........300
total...............1918