Today is the day! Today is the day that I finally had a successful trip to the Myanmar Embassy. About damn time. The fault is shared equally, but having paid for a flight I needed to make this trip work.
I arrived in the early a.m. and set off quickly to get some answers and hopefully get a Visa and stay in Laos with some great rather than having to leave for Bangkok and get it there where the more express processing happens. The man at my guesthouse's English was less than awesome. I didn't quite find this out until I realized I was walking about an hour in the light rain to a part of town that wasn't on my map. Thank goodness for kind people. A guy from Germany who coaches the Laotian womens football team was driving down the street actually gave me a ride to the Embassy explaining to me that I didn't have much time and the process can take quite some time. Then arriving there I realized with the help of those around me that I was one picture passport pictures short. I was told to fill out the paperwork and run to the corner to the shop and get some pictures done quickly. Side note. By now I look a righteous mess. I wouldn't let me into any country. I had taken a dusty dusty dusty tuk tuk drive the previous day then boarded a night bus then come straight to the embassy in the rain. The entire back of my legs/dress are covered in mud and I am quite the sight to see I am sure.
On the directions of the embassy guy I took off to the right in search of the passport photographer. Yeah. He wasn't to the right. I walked for about 15 minutes before I saw another foreigner who looked as though this wasn't his first trip to the area. He told me I was way off track and offered me a ride on his bike. So at this point I am covered in mud and have hopped in a car and on a bike to get this taken care of. I came back to the embassy and so far so good. Hopefully I will be have my own visa to take with me to Thailand next Thursday. But boy do you have to earn it here.
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