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June 22, 2006

Xing into Thailand

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LOCATION: Hat Yai, Thailand
SEE WHERE WE ARE!
Longitude: N: 6°53'47.
Latitude: E: 100°28’19.
Miles from Singapore: 804

Smooth sailing through the border. I'd be interested to know if anyone can decipher the last thing the immigration officer said to me before exploding into giggles though. It sounded dangerously to me like she didn't wanted me to film her in her birthday suit, or did she? It was one of those questions that you don't want to ask someone to repeat in case they did indeed say what you thought they did the first time. Anyway, very unofficious entry proceedure.

Everything looks and feels much the same as northern Malaysia here, although I am drowning in an ocean of words belonging to a new alphabet that look like hierogliphics: beautiful to look at but must take an age to write anything without your wrist falling off.

Security situation in the south here looks fairly stable at present. Am deliberately skirting the areas of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat to be on the safe side.

jason

Posted on June 22, 2006 4:45 AM

Comments

I hope you love Thailand as much as I have. I am glad you are avoiding Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani - smart choices! I was a bit concerned when I read you were going up the east coast. I hear Surat Thani is beautiful. And once you get into central/northern/northeast Thailand everything is incredible.

Enjoy!

Posted by: Carl Weaver [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 24, 2006 3:12 PM