Thanks again :) and yes i guess that could be the case but also feel its proabaly highly unlikely. However guards and soldiers hiding out in the jungle and mountains - literally hiding is quite common on the west Burmese border - have had quite a fright on several occasions when riding motorbikes along the small mountain trails and out comes a camo soldier with a machine gun - Never had a problem and they can see i am not a threat or of concern to them and back hiding they go!!
RE: No Soldiers, No Check Points and No Razor Wire - Just burnt grass dividing Thailand and Laos.