They Soaked My Passport
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Local Time: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 6:36pm
I found out a couple days ago that my passport got soaked during Song Kran. The ink on my visa stamps ran. I hope they let me out of Thailand. I think it is still legible.
Well, I'm back in Chiang Mai, and travelling on my own again. Song Kran is a thing of memory for another year.
Since I left Canada I've been seeing different places. Sometimes I'm ready to go when I leave, sometimes I'm not. I was ready to leave Delhi. I was ready to leave Nepal. I was ready to leave Ko Pha Ngan. I wasn't ready to leave Kuala Lumpur, I wasn't ready to leave Pai. I'm not ready to leave Chiang Mai.
However, the time for China is drawing near, and though I'm in the middle of a year off work, I suddenly feel the unwelcome pressure of a deadline. May 2. It looms over me, causing decisions I would not have otherwise made, making me leave places I'd like to stay, and missing opportunities.
It seems right though.
Local Time: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 6:36pm
I found out a couple days ago that my passport got soaked during Song Kran. The ink on my visa stamps ran. I hope they let me out of Thailand. I think it is still legible.
Well, I'm back in Chiang Mai, and travelling on my own again. Song Kran is a thing of memory for another year.
Since I left Canada I've been seeing different places. Sometimes I'm ready to go when I leave, sometimes I'm not. I was ready to leave Delhi. I was ready to leave Nepal. I was ready to leave Ko Pha Ngan. I wasn't ready to leave Kuala Lumpur, I wasn't ready to leave Pai. I'm not ready to leave Chiang Mai.
However, the time for China is drawing near, and though I'm in the middle of a year off work, I suddenly feel the unwelcome pressure of a deadline. May 2. It looms over me, causing decisions I would not have otherwise made, making me leave places I'd like to stay, and missing opportunities.
It seems right though.
posted by Jaye | 5:06 PM
2 Comments:
Wet passport, no need to worry. Mine got soaked in a rainfall in the jungle in Indonesia and they allowed me back into Malaysia with it without having to get another visa, even though everything was illegible.
The worries of leaving a place you want to stay at: Leaving Vancouver was something I was never ready to do, but thing is I keep going back and knowing that I will again makes it all ok...so basically I am trying to make it better by suggesting that you look forward to the knowledge that you will return to these places later on in life.
What's the May 2nd deadline about and why will it force you to leave certain places early?
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