To get to Mae Hong Son from Chiang Mai, you have to take Route 1095. It's a 300+km mountain pass with hardly a single straight. It's narrow, and certain hairpin bends are incredibly sharp. Pai sits almost in the middle of 1095.
1095 is such a challenging route that when you finally get to Mae Hong Son, you can go to the MHS Chamber of Commerce to buy a Certificate of Achievement and car decal for crossing the 1864 curves of 1095. Not surprisingly, the 1864 curves are also on souvenir t-shirts.
One of the few police road checks we encountered along 1095 and later on 105. Drivers' IDs were taken down (in case you ferried illegal Burmese or someone contested your claim of crossing all 1864 curves.) Police looked intimidating but were absolutely friendly.
1095 is such a challenging route that when you finally get to Mae Hong Son, you can go to the MHS Chamber of Commerce to buy a Certificate of Achievement and car decal for crossing the 1864 curves of 1095. Not surprisingly, the 1864 curves are also on souvenir t-shirts.
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