Visa's and a Wait

Right the cold, bugger, went to sort my Visa out yesterday and the lady at the Thai Embassy said your kiwi you get 30day visa at border. Cool I thought, came back to the hostel and had a look on the net, yes you do if you fly into the country, so back to emigration in the afternoon to get a two month visa, No charge sweet, but and yes there is a but I won’t get it back till Sunday, but it’s Thursday and you said this morning I get 30 days and I find out that is if you fly into the country. Sunday thank you good bye.
I’m sure the Thais were better last time, ok so it was over 10 years ago, should things change that quick. Alright so stuck in Kota Bharu for 4 days, let’s find out what there is to do. Nothing, the beaches are crap, there is a ship wreck of the coast if I dived. Well I don’t really feel like biking with this cold.
That morning I had had a chat with my local Roti Canai man and his son. I chatted with his son a lot and they were really nice, we talked for a couple of hours about economies, life, work etc. There English was pretty good. The young fella’s name was Min. Been up it Kota Bharu for about 2 weeks working for his old man. Min is about my age and follows the Muslim way, so it was really interesting comparing our lives and what we had done. There were a few similarities between him and I.
I left about lunch time and said I would be back in the morning for breakfast. After sorting out the visa and learning I would be here for a few days, I relaxed for the rest of the afternoon. Chatted with a few other tourists who were passing through on their way south.