(S)ex-pats and big cats
May 7th 2009 We leave Laos in a longtail boat, which takes us the short hop across the Mekong from Huay Xai to Chiang Khong. The Thai visa laws have recently changed for land border crossings, and instead of the free 30 day pass of just weeks ago, we are now granted only 14 days. This means we'll be doing a border hop in a fortnight, which is a bit of a pain but not the end of the world. I just wonder why the
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