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Trip Start Aug 27, 2006
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Friday, September 28, 2007

Today I felt a little older and even more with the Chinese system to count the age for them, I m 30 years... But as I already made 4 parties for my birthday, I ve just took more time to get my family and then I organize the following of my trip.
I wanted to go to Burma (Myanmar) but do to the political situation I had to change my plane.
I thought first to Nepal for which it s the best season but after checking the plane ticket, I quickly change my mind: about 1000 USD to go and come back... So I made my mind for Laos.
Once I knew my next destination, I had to do my visa and I was lucky because the the day after was the beginning of their holiday for one week: I did my visa in the afternoon with some extrafees and I booked a ticket for the 1st of October.
As I had few days before the 1st and as I wanted to visit the rice culture, I booked also a ticket for night bus for today: I will spend my birthday night in the bus...
When I arrived to the bus station, one man enter in the bus with me and told I m a manager of the bus: you have to pay 50 RMB for the fuel cost of your luggage 01 Kunming
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 . He added also you have a limit of 5 Kg and you have to pay the extra cost.
All the people of the bus where not moving ( I hope it s because they did not understand the English) at this point I was almost sure the man was shitting me. I tried to bargain the amount and he accepted: I knew then it was not true, and I raised the voice. He told me that he would call the police and I asked also then the same thing: curiously he left without asking me the money...
After that, in a paranoiac feeling, I slept with my day pack around my harm in a bed 50 cm width and I kept my eye half open all the night...

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