Welcome to the Wild West
November 26th 2006 The Cambodian Frontier
I came to the Thai/Cambodian border at Hat Lek around 6pm on the 22nd. My visa was due to expire in a few hours, but the border was supposedly open until 8pm, giving me plenty of time.
Rain was pouring down like I hadn't seen since the end of the monsoon, and everyone on the Thai side was huddling under shelters as if the drops of precipitation were gonna kil
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