Day 12 – 15th December 2007 We landed at the border town of Thailand, Chiang Kong, where a similar lenient border-crossing process took place, minus the ‘overtime’ fee which the Thailand counterpart did not impose, compared to Laos. It says “GATE TO SIAM”. The first few buildings after this particular gate are the immigration. As [...]

I lost my passport. I really lost my passport. I really lost my passport. The past few days have been exceptionally emotionally hectic. When the first realisation hit me that I lost my passport, I was slapped with panic and fear and could only calm down a little when the assistant bus driver who spoke [...]

I crashed Johnny’s motorbike. T___T Just when he told me to “be careful with it”, I succeeded in doing nothing of that sort and crashed it 10 minutes into riding it into the busy streets of Chiang Mai. My heart was already filled with doubt at my capability of riding a motorbike in a busy [...]

Suddenly I was babysitting someone for a night, 2 nights ago. Or rather, something, a white pup, most likely a mongrel. It all began when Siew and I were in the room of our exceptionally comfortable guesthouse doing our pre-sleep entertainment – iPod-ing and reading books – when we heard whining from outside our room [...]

There is always a general feel of a suspension of time when I’m travelling. Other than the obvious morning/night factors, one suddenly ignores the importance of dates, of days. It matters not that you’re travelling on Sundays or Mondays, except when you have to deal with officials of the country, such as in Laos when [...]