After our complete failure to obtain visas for India in Bangkok, we headed north for another attempt. The Indian consulate in Chiang Mai was completely different from the Bangkok visa agency, but no less confusing. We showed up bright and…

On September 28th we left Indonesia for Bangkok.  We’d visited Bangkok before and weren’t crazy about it.  We were jet-lagged, and the city is hot, humid, huge, polluted and loud.  Our reservations notwithstanding, we needed a visa for India and, from…