The boat pier in Kaw Thoung/Burma.
A Burmese temple in Kaw Thong near the Thai border.
Burmese people at the Thai side on their way back home.The boat on the picture is a typical Thai river boat with "longtail" drive.
Kaw Thoung/Burma from the seaside.
The whole visa trip was done in half a day.
We drove by minibus from Chumphon to Ranong at the Burmese border,where we went to the Thai immigration office.There we got a "leaving the country" stamp in our passports.After that we went to pier to get a boat over to the Burmese border.There we received a "in and out" stamp before we entered the boat again to the way back.In the final step back in the Thai Immigration office for an arrival stamp.The 2 hours drive through the jungle of Thailand along the "Istmus of Kra" mountain ridge completed the visa mission for another 30 days residence.Many foreigners lived that way in Thailand,some even for decades.Then the Thaksin government changed this law from one day to another and that was the reason for us to leave.A very very sad decicion from a debatable prime minister.
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