After a quick night on Phuket, we woke early the next morning to catch a cab to the airport for our flight to Indonesia. The airport on Phuket is fairly small and the flight we caught runs at the same time every day. As a result there was a single line of people in the airport at that hour, all heading to the same location. We waited in line, got our seats sorted, grabbed a quick breakfast sandwhich at Subway (apparently, in Thailand you arent allowed vegetables on your breakfast sandwhich, go figure..) and piled into the line for customs and departure. We knew we had overstayed our visa by three days and that we'd have to pay a small fine at the desk but we weren't prepared for the outrage the customs official displayed at
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