67. BURMA RUN....

 It was about that time to update my Passport again. No worries, VISA was not involved. I decided that I would go with the Ackroyd Family since they had to do a Border run aswell. Now, with their history and chaos in traveling and my chaos,this was bound to  be a nightmare. According to some of their stories they've been put in airport jails and all. NOT what i wanted to hear!!
Our Journey:
1. We got a Bus from Hua Hin to Champong
2. Stayed at a Hotel
3. Caught the early morning Bus to Border Crossing.
4. Rode a Boat to Burma.
5. Made it to Burma. Paid Ten US dollars. Got stamped
6. Took the boat back to Thailand, got stamped
7. Caught a Bus from Customs  back to Champong, and made it just in time for the Boat to Krabi.

Sounds pretty easy right. It was, for a couple exceptions. Before boarding the boat to Burma,we had to buy American Dollars  from some sketchy guy at the Thai customs. He sat on  this bike  away from everyone else, but seemed to be trusted by all the other people. Supposedly, in Burma thats what they like to accept. They make the border run a lot easier if you have an American dollar. Before we paid for the American dollars with the Thai Baht. Steve gave it to me to examine and i determined it was fake ( what i was really trying to do was make the sketchy guy nervous) but i guess they were real. It just didn't feel right though. Well, when we finally made it to Burma, the Customs officer examined the Ten dollar bills, i can't lie, with the thought of the dollar being fake and being in another country where there are some warring issues, i was a little freaked out. Nonetheless, he accepted it and put it in his drawer. Free to go.

The annoying part is when i got back to Thailand. I was only given 15 days on my stamp. They stamped me to leave the country again August 16th ( which means i have to do another boarder run) Why is this a problem? Because when i went to China they gave me til August 15 to leave Thailand. So basically it was a waste of a Run. Oh, well. Chapter 68 will show you why it was all worth it.

Had no time to brush my teeth at our hotel. Had to go!!