Voyage to the Laos Border

Somewhere in a Galaxy Far, Far, Away.....

.. oh sorry wrong post.

So we headed off to the Laos border, bags in hand. Arriving at the bus station we had been told that the bus was leaving at 3:030. Arriving half an hour earlier we thought would give us plenty of time to get tickets and seats... however the bus was full or so we thought.

The bus had 2 seats left and myself and Brett didnt think there was any point in waiting. However the rest of the group persevered and when we came back they had their bags on board and were sat/standing. We got on and being the true English gentleman I ended up standing too.

The trip was 2 hours long and after a few games from the Europe quiz book we arrived in Chiang Kong. We then heard that the Laos border was closing at 6pm and it was 5:30pm. I still had to get some money, so we all jumped in Tuk-Tuks got money and then got to the Thai border. The guy was locking up, but would process our passports. I unfortunately had run over my visa by 1 day and although I thought there was no fine for 1 day, I found out that wasnt the case. He then had to unlock the doors he was locking as we came down and he wasnt happy about it!

Anyway we were now at 5:54 and jumped on the boat ... counting down the minutes to 6pm we arrived at 5:59 and a few of us jumped off and up to the Laos border. Its funny I thought we'd not made it but they said "quick, quick" and we paid our 1500 baht and got stamped in... job done!