Get Yer Visa, Geezer

In the process of doing so. Unfortunately I hand over my passport to a shifty Thai guy (all Thai's look shifty when they take your pasport) and I only get it back tomorrow. I hate having to do that, but that's what it takes. So now I'm in the border town of Chiang Khong. It's right on the banks of the Mehkong River and over the water you can see Laos. How exciting. The journey here was uneventful despite taking 7 hours. You'd think that something interesting would happen in 7 hours but it didn't. I was on a second class bus with air con. The air con made the interior baltic and the seats were certainly not made with the average Western bloke in mind. Still the views on the way up were pleasant enough and I kept on thiking I was going to come across the reseach station in Khun Kong that I stayed at a few years back. Needless to say, I didn't. But it was the right area.

How to get to Laos?

Well Chiang Khong doesn't have a scooter rental place so my fvourite mode of transport is out. Oh yeah, plus the fact that rivers and scooters don't mix particularly well. Every guesthouse and travel agent in Chiang Khong offers a two day longboat trip up the river to Luang Prabang in Laos. Having looked around for the best price it dawned on me that every guesthouse and travel agent in Chiang Khong infact sells the same two day longboat trip. It looks class and for ten quid you can't moan so I leave tomorrow morning at eight thirty (passport and visa in hand or so I hope!) With England playing Switzerland(?) at eleven o'clock tonight my time, eight thirty sounds like a bit of a push. Since I'll be in Laos for a bit the blog may get a bit stale so amuse yourselves and others by putting up many witty comments.

Revoposty

Started to get word back about my forrays into mass postage. Gald to hear the some are getting through at least. I still need a random name and address though, come randoms... there's loads of you out there, though probably not that many that read this blog. As for the quality of the witticisms, I'm afraid that they might not quite be up to standard. As the number of addresses increases, the quality decreases. Sorry about that. At least you still get the bloody card.

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