40B Lunch 20B Water bottle 25B Dinner 60B Midnight snack 11B Internet access @ 1B / 2min

THEN: We arrived at the Thailand border around 0530, and immigration took about an hour. A little while later we arrived in Hat Yai, where we were told to get off the bus and wait for the one going to bangkok. There were four of us going: me, an Indonesian couple and their five year-old daughter named Sarah. After waiting about 20 minutes we were told the bus would come at 1400 - it was currently 0800 - or we could take the mini-bus at 0830. We opted for the mini-bus, which ended up being 45 minutes late and very cramped compared to the bus we’d just come from. This was our home for the next twelve hours, including stops. It was not fun, but at least the other passengers were nice. The Indonesian couple paid for my food along the way because I had not Thai Baht. I offered them Malaysian Ringgit or Singapore Dollars and they just said no, don’t worry about it. They also paid for the taxi to the hostel. Hopefully I can repay them tomorrow. After checking in to the hostel at about 2200 I went exploring, which I’ll catch up on tomorrow.

NOW: I never did pay them back or get them a t-shirt like I thought I might. I hope the had a good holiday. The exploring I did was basically a night market which had lots of touristy stuff with a dash of culture. It was pretty neat. As you keep reading you’ll notice the tone of things is kinda dark. I was just a bit upset about feeling as though I’d been taken advantage of, and I feel better about it now, so don’t worry.