so after a twenty hour train ride from bangkok i disembarked, walked half a mile to the border crossed it, met some ukranians, split a cab to the next town, found an internet cafe to get a hostel booked, and here i sit. in this little cubicle with lots of bashful women in headscarves staring at my knees. awesome.
points of note: train was hijoacked not to long ago in southern thailand so our train was choked by soldiers with ak-47s for the last leg of the trip. it was an interesting thing to wake up to: someone ripping the curtain away from your berth incidentally point a gun at your chest and asking in another language to see your ticket. i almost peed myself. but i didn't and laughed instead (i'm picking up in the asian "cool heart" philosophy and its doing me good). later he sat next to me in the dining car and had coffee and just sort of stared at me.
so now i'm back in malaysia, catching a train to sinagpore tomorrow morning and arriving there tomorrow night at 11. and this train ride is supposed to be one of the most beautiful in the world.
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