A dark, rainy day. It feels like I should be comfortably nestled in a library, sitting cross-legged on the floor, immersed in a book. A day that reminds me of childhood. But I’m nowhere near a library—I’m in a mini-van that’s speeding around the curved roads between Northern Thailand’s lush mountains. I’m on my way back from Myanmar from a very brief but legally necessary trip if I am to remain in the great Kingdom of Thailand for more than 30 days. Exiting and re-entering Thailand via land allowed me to extend my visa-exemption by a 14 days. Tachileik, a border town in Myanmar, sounded like the simplest and most interesting place to go to from Chiang Mai, so yesterday I called a company that does visa runs, scheduling one for today. Absolutely nothing noteworthy happened on the way to…