Life and Soul

Visa Run

So on a day trip we be today
Cross water & land out to the boarder post
Boat, bus, bus, boat
Boat, bus, bus, boat
There and back within the day
Need to stamp passport
Or arrested we may be
So Koh Pan Ngan to Ranong, Myanmar (Burma) we go
If we can get back in a day is yet to show
All went smooth until we caught the second bus
The driver pulled over, started making a fuss
Something not happy, not right with the aircon
After some phone calls another bus we put on
On & on as busses do
Got to Ranong to meet our prearranged guide
To show us the way, long tail to find
Out over the estuary we go, after stamping us out
To get stamped in Myanmar, people all about
Trying to sell us Viagra & cigarettes
Take any money we may freely give
Look poor, have a hardship to life
Didn’t stay long as we needed to get back
To stamp in Thailand before immigration shut
But made it we did for another 30 days
Beautiful Thailand never ceases to amaze
So we decided to pay extra, not take the bus
Took a pickup all the way, bypass the fuss
Arrived at the pier around nine pm
Sleeper boat already tied to the dock
We left a twelve after a couple of beers
Slept through the night until the sun appeared
Back on the island 8am Xmas Day
What a day trip we been on today.