I made it successfully out of Mae Sot and into Chiang Mai, still my favorite city in Southeast Asia. I made it four days, met a few good people, and started my 2-day trip down to the islands. I was on a bus for 12 hours last night, and here I am in Bangkok waiting between 6AM until 6PM for my night bus that'll take me 12 more hours before I get to the port where I take another boat 3 hours out to Ko Panghan. It better be worth it...

But the plan is to find a cozy little bungalow somewhere on the beach and lie in a hammock for a week while I write this research paper on what I did in Mae Sot. If all goes well, I might write two. Either way, I'll have a good enough chance that I'll get at least one paper out this summer.

I wish there was more to say, but I've been basically drinking and sleeping since I left Mae Sot, so there's nothing aside from party stories worth posting. Sorry.