About to cross over to the Burma side...
So evidently Burma chooses to to be 30 minutes behind Thailand -
these clocks were in the really shady Burmese immigration office.
Great idea.
An article from exactly 1 year ago says Burma is the #2 opium producer in the world, behind Afghanistan. At least the production is down from their peak in 1996. Their decline in opium production has left thousands of families jobless.
Catch 22?
http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressrels/2007/unisnar1010.html