i have become quite proficient, if not lucky, at leaving a country with no foreign currency to dispose of. sure, some will remind me that i have gone a bit hungry in this pursuit, but excellence has its' price. anyway, today i left malaysia for thailand. what a headache. i asked in 'tanah rata', "how do i get to thailand". i was told to take a bus to 'alor setar', so i did. once there, 1.5 hours later than prescribed, i discovered that there is no bus to thailand from this city. idiots! somehow i thought to check the train schedule i had in a pocket. i had about 15 minutes to get across town to the train station. so i opted for a taxi. i made it with time to spare since the train was
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