Back in the arms of Thailand :)

Yeeeee! I love this place so much, I always forget. I'm currently in a small border town (Nong Khai, I think) waiting to tackle a 17 hour minibus ride to Pai. But, I've already had some fun... First off I'm pretty much on my own doing the border thing since I'm the only dumb dumb not heading straight for Bangkok, but there is always someone ot meet me at my next check point. Cue driver. So, I'm filing out my arrival card and I feel someone standing over me, suddenly he starts pointing like a maniac all over the paper so I look at him blankly and start laughing. Then he starts laughing and what do you know?! Well mister driver sir, I don't have a visa number, second off, why do you smell like my grandma? Ahhh! Whiskey, the scent of the prairies. He was an amazing driver though, very speedy. Then he made noises the whole time he had to carry my tumor (23 kg backpack) and pretended to cry. I was very sad when we parted ways as he was very gentlemanly offering me a chair and yelling at girls on the street. Thailand, let's never be apart again. For the next best part. The better I think (wish I could have stayed to see how it panned out) I'm putting my backpack through the X-ray, not quite sure why, as no one is in the room. and realize when I get to the other side that there is a hold up. Oh! What is it you wonder? Well let me tell you! This woman's suitcase is wide open and there are stacks upon stacks of fake, bundled, hundo's! So I'm killing myself laughing, maybe I shouldn't, but this money is just so fake looking that I have no clue what her plan even was. It was like a scene from a movie! So the woman is marching about yelling in Thai and the border guys are on the phone looking all serious, and I'm eyeing the cookies that were covering the fake money. What a treat, I wish I knew what was going on. Fun fact: Yay! Driver is back, and "reading" this over my shoulder, laughing and smelling all familiar.