Getting back to Thailand is still the ultimate goal and there are many paths that I could take to make that happen. At the moment I am still enjoying the fact that I don't think there is any other place on earth that is as good of a value as Vietnam is so I am going to milk this puppy for all its worth before departing.
I hear that SEA is freaking out over monkeypox now though and Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand have already enacted preventative measures. It doesn't mean you can't get in, it's just one more roadblock.