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My arrival and transit through immigration a couple of weeks ago on a Friday early afternoon went smoothly. Getting out on a Saturday morning two weeks later not so smoothly. Security wasn't too bad but the line for immigration exit was backed up to security. At one point security personnel stopped allowing passengers through to give the immigration line time to recede. I've been to LoS more times than I can count and this was by far my worst exit experience.

I've never been there. Is it new? I'll definitely try it the next time I visit I love Burmese food and while I lived in BK I would seek out and try many Burmese restaurants. From the pictures it seems like Thanaka is similar to Shwe Htee which is just off of Asok - https://maps.app.goo.gl/oRitMYBCrPNgrGy66 By far my favorite is Kalyana on Ratchprarop Rd north of Central World, near the airport link railway https://maps.app.goo.gl/9dPugnADY5BcQWQ47 It's slightly more upscale compared to Thanaka and Shwe Htee with a wider variety of dishes. Best to go with a few people so you can order and sample more dishes. Amazing food.

Sometimes ciproflaxacin will clear prolonged symptoms at least for me. Cipro was first recommended and prescribed to me by my doctor ahead of my first trip (along with a typhoid vaccine). I usually don't have issues however over the three years that I lived in LoS it occasionally happened. When it did cipro almost always did the trick. During my three years in LoS I also learned to be very careful with dairy products. As anyone who has visited a Thai market has probably noticed, Thai people have very casual attitudes when it comes to refrigerating food. On several occasions I've had GI issues after eating cheeses, yogurt etc from Tops, Big C etc. - places you'd think would be safe. My take was that just because something is cold in the deli case doesn't mean it didn't sit out on the loading dock in 90+ degree heat for a few hours.