Fiona and Steve and I went to a beautiful beach - very quiet and too far for the tourists to walk to - and enjoyed a swim and a beer Friday night. Mmm... I love swimming and Fiona and Steve are quite fun.
Saturday was the day for going to Myanmar to get a 15 day extension for my time in Thailand (I only got a 30 day allowance coming in from Nepal because I decided the Thai embassy was too much of a hassle to get to in Kathmandu... NOT a wise choice... now I have to go and do it anyways in Malaysia!)
Thailand recently changed the law to only allow 15 days instead of 30 days on re-entry when you cross a land border into Thailand. I went with Steve and a couple others from Khao Lak in a full minivan (the others came up from Phuket). This is a long days trip... starts about 8:00 am, you drive for 3 hours with one stop for breakfast. Once in Ranong you get in line to have your passport stamped for exiting Thailand (30+ min) then you get on a big boat via jumping across a number of long boats (I think this was the best part of the trip)! and take a 45 minute boat ride across (one stop to make sure noone is being smuggled across). Once in Myanmar you have a 30-60 minute wait to have your passport stamped for Myanmar. Then you get back on the boat and ride back to Ranong, Thailand to wait another 30-60 minutes to have your passport stamped again. Then a quick lunch in Ranong ... keep in mind you're near a very polluted river that smells a bit... and then a 3 hour drive back to Khao Lok. AND a movie...Annaconda 3. WOW. The cake topper however was when the driver turned on Britney Spears with "Oops I did it again..." AAARRARRARRGRGGGGGGHHHHH!
The trip isn't that bad it's just really boring and to only get 15 days is a bummer. I now have to look at flying/busing to Malaysia to get a 60 day visa. Oh darn, I have to go to another country! :-)
This picture is from the boat as we left Ranong, Thailand on the way to Myanmar.
This is near where we landed in Myanmar.
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