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Hat Yai
... ideal circumstance. On this journey, heading into Thailand proved to be one of the simplest border crossings we had experienced thus far. Everyone exited the bus twice: once to have the Malaysian exit stamp and again when entering Thailand. The entire process took less than half an hour.
In Hat Yai we stayed in a very nice hotel for a little over $20. We would be leaving the next day to head over to Phuket so we didn't have much time to ...
Visa Running.
... what to do once we got thru the bag scanner men. The plan was for him to drive us through the Thai boarder and across no-mans land to drop us off at the Malaysian boarder. We would then enter Malaysia, immediately leave, and get back in the tuc-tuc so we could go back into Thailand. However, he inadvertently took us straight into Malaysia meaning that he had entered the country as an unlicensed taxi driver with no visa, which we had aided and abetted. Oops. The Malaysian ...
Songkran on Lipe
... trains and flights to catch, we were given the option of getting on the boat with the body! We weren't sure if the body was already on board or if we would be picking him up. We set off, but went to the other beach where we went ashore so they could bring the body (wrapped in a white sheet) on board in a stretcher. He was laid down on the back of the boat about 6 feet from me! Anyway, we arrived on the mainland are now in a car heading to Hat ...
Where Are We Again?
... since the morning, so were looking for a quick fix, and that came in the form of a KFC feast (yes basically this trip is turning into a fast food frenzy of Asia). We looked around the Asia equivalent to Debenhams, where Rach got some running clothes in order to actually try and sort our lives, and we had some dinner before heading to sleep ready for the early start and a mission down to Georgetown on the West coast of Malaysia.
C M Roberts
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Train train
... unflooded part of the city and drowns his emotions in
Nam Som (Orange Juice). He heads back to the train station, buys a
cooler, fills it with Ice and beer and walks around getting drunk. He
is fond of the new beer in Thailand, Chang Export, and it is being
marketed strongly here. TJ stops for a Thai massage, from Isaan
people of course. He is witness to a motorcycle crash. He sits at an
internet shop barricaded by a concrete wall, looking ...
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