Singapore now, and this time it wasn't all smooth sailing.
Flight went fine, it was nice having a row of 3 to ourselves, and we managed to get some kip. Got through customs no worries, and didn't have long to wait until check-in. For some reason the lady checking us onto our Tiger Airways flight seemed to want some sort of evidence of our intent to depart Thailand. We informed her that we were heading to Laos after a few days in Thailand, but that we didn't have any tickets yet as we weren't sure what day we would leave. She told us we had to go and find an internet connection and book a ticket out of Thailand! She was also concerned that we didn't have a visa, even though it is fairly common knowledge that Thai visas are issued free-of-charge at the border. With the help of some other travellers at the counter next to us we managed to convince her that we didn't need an out-bound ticket, and she let us check-in. Why it should even concern the Tiger check-in staff is a bit beyond us, as you'd expect that to be an issue for the Thai border authorities, if it were an issue at all.
Anyway, if that is the biggest hiccup of our trip I'll be pretty stoked!
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