Thailand Myanmar India Crossing 2016
 

Hello Fellow Travelers,

I am looking to Ride From Brisbane to India in early 2016. Most of the route seems ok but i am stuck at how to cross through Myanmar to India. Is any one else doing the crossing around the same time ( I was looking at March-April)? i Have read through older threads and found out that all the bookings for Myanmar need to be made through an agent and riders need to be riding in packs of 8 bikes i think. It also helps to split the cost as it seems the crossing is quite expensive. Please correct me if i am wrong. Please let me know if any one is interested or any suggestions about the crossing

Regards

Iyron

Iyron,
i be travelling from Bangkok Via Myanmar, India, Nepal and onwards to Germany. I be crossing to Myanmar in May 2016, i saw a 4 day trip organized by a tour company at 550USD with guide. cost can be shared.

Hello. My wife and I are planning to ride two up from Australia to Italy commencing March 2016. We intend to transport the bike to Kuala Lumpur which will be our starting point. We initially were going to ride through China but have found we will be unable to get a Chinese driver's licence because we have just turned 60 years of age. So now we intend to go via India and thus need to go through Myanmar. We have not researched this route yet, but we are interested to be part of a group for such a crossing. We are also interested as to the route Iyron is planning to Germany. David

Hello,

A friend and I are also planning to cross from Thailand to India (ideally through Myanmar) in April/May 2016, and would be keen to join a group and share costs for the Myanmar crossing (and maybe further). Any more details about this would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Mike

Hi all,
we are also planning a trip from Australia through to Europe (and then to Nth and Sth America) next year. Our plan is to fly to Kuala Lumpur in mid January and then ride 2 up from there. It may be a bit earlier than anyone else here is looking at though.

Our initial plan was to go through Myanmar, we have had contact with a company there and have been looking at a trip leaving Thailand Jan 30th arriving in India on Feb 7th. There is already a couple booked on this trip and we would be added to it. A few weeks in India and then we had hoped to go through Pakistan and into Iran. We are getting conflicting reports about travel in Pakistan so have been considering other options, including going up through China and through central Asia then back to Iran, or missing Iran completely. We would happily have guides through both Pakistan and Iran and have looked at one through Iran, haven't had any decent feedback about Pakistan yet though. Another thought was possibly go up through Laos into China, but we haven't yet looked at this.

We are still hoping for the Pakistan - Iran route, happy to share ideas with anyone and all advice welcome!

Hi guys,

I have got in touch with one guy who has been organizing the crossings in Myanmar. he asked me to get some more riders along to split the cost. If all you guys could please give me the approx dates that you think you will be at the Thai border, then we can organize the crossing. i am planing to leave Brissi in early to mid Jan to Darwin. then ship my bike to Indonesia and ride up home to Goa. I am planing to be at the Thai border by mid march early April. please give me your dates, no of people and e mail id and then i will copy you guys to all the email correspondences with Tin the Myanmar crossing agent. Also i am flexible with my dates so fcpalex if you have a setting please let me know with the dates and i would be keen to join and share the cost. also could any one please give me contacts of your shipping agents. The one i am in touch with is quoting me 1.3k to ship from Darwin to Surabaya. My email add is iyron.dsilva@gmail.com .

Hope to hear from you guys soon

Cheers.

me too
 

looking to cross mid 2016, flexible with dates. Australian Couple in our 50/60's 2 up on a Ducati Multistrada. Currently in SE Asia, you can read about our current trip here tinyurl(dot)com/kxl9vwt

we would be looking to join a group to share the costs.

Jerry and Susanne

will you need Carnet for your bike to go through india

Yes i am pretty sure you need a Carnet for India

Myanmar Crossing
 

Hi guys,

Thread has been a bit quiet for a while, but as time is getting closer we have been looking into the Myanmar crossing again. Here is some information we have been given for a crossing.

Me and a friend are planning on entering Myanmar in mid-May 2016. We are on two motorcycles, and have been in contact with Burma Senses for some quotes. We asked them to put together an itinerary a bit more off the beaten path, to take in some rural/remote areas, and with some unsealed roads etc to make it a bit more exciting, but seeing as they still need to get their guide vehicle around I can't imagine that it can be too bad. We are also both very amateur motorcyclists, so will not be enduro style stuff!

The main difference is that we enter at Mae Sae in Northern Thailand and experience some of the Shan state (as seen in the Top Gear Burma special), rather than Myawady further South.

The quotes and itineraries we have received are below, for 10-days and 14-days.

10 Days: For two people we were quoted $1900 each, but this will be less with more people, as seen with the quotes we got for the 14 -day tour. Includes the hotel accommodation with daily breakfast, permit, guide, entrance fees, toll fees. The price excludes Visa, personal expenses, meals and drinks.

- Day 01: Tachileik (Mae Sai) - Ho Chin Village - Kengtung
- Day 02: Kengtung - Ride to Mongping - Namsang
- Day 03: Namsang - Kakku Pagoda Complex - Inle Lake
- Day 04: Inle - Sagar village
- Day 05: Inle Lake - Pindaya - Mandalay
- Day 06: Mandalay Countryside
- Day 07: Mandalay - Shwebo
- Day 08: Shwebo - Monywa
- Day 09: Monywa - Kalay
- Day 10: Kalay - Tamu (Moreh)

14 Days: Includes hotel accommodation, permit, zone fees, toll fees, pilot car, guide. $2520 for 2 people, $1650 for 4 people, $1380 for 6 people.

- Day 01: Tachileik (Mae Sai) - Ho Chin Village - Kengtung
- Day 02: Kengtung - Ride to Mongping - Namsang
- Day 03: Namsang - Kakku Pagoda Complex - Inle Lake
- Day 04: Inle - Sagar village
- Day 05: Sagar - Loikaw
- Day 06: Loikaw - Pinlaung - Naypyidaw
- Day 07: Naypyidaw - Bagan
- Day 08: Bagan Countryside
- Day 09: Bagan - Ride to Mandalay
- Day 10: Mandalay Sightseeing
- Day 11: Mandalay - Shwebo
- Day 12: Shwebo - Monywa
- Day 13: Monywa - Kalay
- Day 14: Kalay - Tamu (Moreh)

We haven't got anything locked in yet so have some flexibility with our dates. Let us know if anyone is keen!

Cheers,
Mike

Myanmar
 

Hi
I plan to cross Myanmar in April - May, I have been working with Win at Burma Sence Travel. He has been fantastic to deal with.
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