About Us
“You Sabai Home” is located next door to Pun Pun’s organic farm and sustainable living learning center outside a village in Mae Tang province, 50 km from Chiang Mai.
Directions to the You Sabai:
The Truck
Here are the Directions if you are in Chiang Mai and you want to catch a truck (bus) to the farm:
This bus leaves at 12:00 noon, everyday except Sundays. It also returns from the farm every morning at 6:00 to 7:00am except Sundays (as long as we call him and tell him to pick us up!). Catch a red truck (song-tao) to Wararot Market (in Chiang Mai), Walk to the canal that is next to the market, When you are facing the canal, take a left and walk up the road about 100 meters. At this point you will see a TOT phone booth sitting next to a parking area for pick-up trucks. Take a left down the ally on the far side of the parking area. (If you hit the Red Cross building, you have gone too far, missed the left turn). Then, down that alley about 50-100 meters you will find a white truck that is slightly bigger than most of the others. On a window of that truck is a sign that says: Jon Jandai’s Farm: Pun Pun And a sign that says The Baan Thai Project, This is your truck. It is usually full of all sorts of stuff, and they will sqeeze even more in on your way to the farm.
Occasionally this truck driver does not run, and his brother takes his place in a different truck. If you don’t see the truck from the photo above, ask the other truck drivers, "Panya Project? Pun Pun?" Hopefully one of them will make it clear that he is your man.
THE TRUCK LEAVES AT NOON! Is usually full of food to supply the markets in the villages on the way, the trip takes about 2 hours, depending on the deliveries… you will stop in villages markets where you will take breaks and eventually get some lunch. Tell the truck driver you want to go to The Baan Thai Project, Panya Project or Pun Pun. You will ride the truck all the way to the last stop. It takes 2-2.5 hours, with many stops at markets for loading and unloading (kind of interesting). Help unload, they appreciate it, and it goes faster. As you leave the main road and go up into the hills, you can enjoy the view of beautiful and relatively authentic landscapes and villages… At the last stop the truck driver will stop to let you out. (The only farangs (gringos) that ride this truck are going to the farm). The ride costs 50 baht ($1.25). If you are going to the Panya Project, the truck will let you off at the top of a dirt road. Follow that road for about 750 meters, and you will find a big open air building that is the center of the project. Of if you are going to Pun Pun, you will be let off a little farther up the road. To the right will be a field of crops, with a path down it. And beyond that some buildings on the hill.
Driving to the Farm:
Drive on Hwy 107 (Chiang Mai – Mae Rim Rd) out of Chiang Mai. About 40 km north is Mae Taeng. NEXT Turn Right about 3-5 km north of Mae Taeng, on the road toward the Mae Gnat Dam. It is the second stop light after Mae Ma Lai NEXT This will take you up a hill, and back down the other side. NEXT Turn Left in 5.6 km, just as the road starts to ease left. NEXT Stay left at Y in 3.7 km, NEXT Go strait through the stop sign in about 1 km. NEXT In .3 km turn right at the first giant tree, empty lot on right. NEXT You should then pass over a bridge in about 100 meters. NEXT After .8 km, turn left at T (yet another temple on the right). NEXT In 1.5 km turn right at the three way intersection. A school yard will be on the corner. NEXT Go another 2 km and you will find Moo Bahn Mae Jo. NEXT If you are going to the Panya Project, look for a sign that says “The Baan Thai Project,” just as you start to see the first houses of Moo Baan Mae Jo. The sign will be on the right. NEXT Turn right down the dirt road, and watch out for mud (if it is the rainy season)! NEXT If you are going to Pun Pun: NEXT Go another 2 km or so, past the houses of the village, and just as you are getting out of them there will be a small dirt road with a sign that says Pun Pun, Turn right here. Follow to the end. Wander until you find someone!
Coming from Pai:
Take a bus (or minibus or hitch or whatever) east to the main road to Chiang Mai (Hwy 107) at Mae Ma Lai. Take a white song-tao north (left) up the road. Go through Mae Taeng and maybe 3 km north get off at the big road to the right that goes to Mae Ngat Dam. Keep a lookout for it—it is the first big road past Mae Taeng. The song-tao stops at a motorbike taxi place almost directly across from the turn-off, and the song-tao turns around and queues right after this stop, so you won’t go far if you miss the stop. Take a motorbike taxi to Panya. Tell them you want to go to the Baan Thai Project in Moo Bahn Mae Jo, they don’t yet know that we have changed our name! They have sidecars and charge ฿120 for 1 person, ฿150 for 2 people and ฿200 for 3. They know where to go and should drop you off right at the sala (our front door). Good luck, and Godspeed!
