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Old 13 Dec 2013
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Hi,

I'm currently investigating crossing Myanmar overland around April/ May of 2014.

So far all sources have indicated that you can cross into Burma from Thailand at four points which allow onward travel.
- Mae Sot / Myawaddy (preferred)
- Mae Sai / Tachileik
- Phunaron / Htee Kee
- Ranong / Kawthaung

It seems you can then travel independently as far as Mandalay but traveling further - anywhere near the Indian / China borders; requires special permission.

I'm wanting to cross into India at the Tamu / Moreh checkpoint but this requires special government permission and possibly a guide.

I've been in contact with a travel agent in Yangon, but they require a detailed itinerary (which I don't yet have) and are reluctant to provide the permissions services without committing to book all accommodation etc through them.

If anyone has further information on this or will be traveling the same way I'd certainly like to hear from them

Cheers,

Tim
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Friends of mine crossed from India into Burma a week ago with their Africa Twin, I don't know the details, agency used, route etc, the photo on their Facebook show them at the Iron Bridge Gate crossing point.

They are on the HUBB so hopefully will post details sometime.

Here is the blog of somebody else's trip which shows the same crossing point. Interestingly it shows an old map of British India which includes Burma as part of the same country.

http://ridingtorangoon.com/blog/
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Good to hear, I'd love to find out which agency etc they used if you've got any details?

Cheers,

Tim
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I hope that they will be putting a full report up here sometime but know from experience that the internet is pretty poor in Burma so it might be a while.
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Hi,

I'm currently investigating crossing Myanmar overland around April/ May of 2014.

So far all sources have indicated that you can cross into Burma from Thailand at four points which allow onward travel.
- Mae Sot / Myawaddy (preferred)
- Mae Sai / Tachileik
- Phunaron / Htee Kee
- Ranong / Kawthaung

It seems you can then travel independently as far as Mandalay but traveling further - anywhere near the Indian / China borders; requires special permission.

I'm wanting to cross into India at the Tamu / Moreh checkpoint but this requires special government permission and possibly a guide.

I've been in contact with a travel agent in Yangon, but they require a detailed itinerary (which I don't yet have) and are reluctant to provide the permissions services without committing to book all accommodation etc through them.

If anyone has further information on this or will be traveling the same way I'd certainly like to hear from them

Cheers,

Tim
Hi guys

I am based in Singapore and am looking to ride from here to Croatia this summer (June/July 2014) and was hoping to get through Myanmar (Thailand to India), so am very keen to hear what you guys have found out about the crossing so far. From what I have learnt you need a permit and possibly a guide, and to obtain these, costs vary significantly. Appears the easiest way to keep costs under control would be to bargain furiously intitially and then team up and share the permit / guide?

Just throwing that out there for now, while we all continue to wait for cardpostale to get back to us
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Interesting there's a land border now! Had to fly in and out when I went, only managed to bike around a bit renting a little 125cc thing, haha.
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Interesting there's a land border now! Had to fly in and out when I went, only managed to bike around a bit renting a little 125cc thing, haha.
To fly in and travel around for your own let you see more of myanmar than these who cross myanmar overland and had to follow the well known paths together with an agency.

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If everything is going the right way we will be crossing with a guide from Thailand to India (Tamu crossing) start pf June. Everything is settled but we want to try to get some more people joining us, so we can share the costs of the guide and driver.

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