A Whale of a Time: Going on a Visa Run in Thailand
| November 20, 2015
What Did We Learn?
And that’s it. You’re done. A visa run boils down to nothing more than a three day, 1,300 km trip to drop off some papers and pick some different ones up. However, if you’re lucky, you can have some great food, some great wine, and maybe pick up a near death experience or two.
Getting back home was nothing special, I bussed to the border and went back through the entire border crossing experience. This time, there were second class sleeper tickets, and as I was rocked to sleep in the 48-person car, all I could think of was what a whale of a time I’d had. Already dreaming of my next visa run—as little as 90 days away.
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