New Kanchanaburi border crossing open?

[apetley]

Hi. Wifey got chatting with one of her tour guide friends today and was told that the new crossing at Kanchanaburi/Nam Ron is now open for border hops.

Anyone have any first hand experience using this last couple of weeks?

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[edwinchester]

Talked with a guy in Kanchanaburi yesterday who said he did a border run a few days ago.

Maybe take a ride out there on my bike at the weekend if it's not peeing down and report back.

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[bangkokstick]

Some reports already published on some other famous boards :-)

[apetley]

Just back from a trip out to Nam Ron and it is open for border hops.

Good news for me as it saves a couple of kbht in diesel not having to drive up to Mae Sot.

Sign posted ok so difficult to get lost.

As you drive through Nam Ron take the last left turn and just continue to the Immigration booth.

They ask you to give your passport to a guy to walk across nomansland for you for the Burmese stamps, all in I was told 700 bht.

Very quiet right now as few are aware it is open. Even my tourist police friends were surprised when I told them, they'd heard nothing about it being opened recently.

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[Kan Win]

Great news for all in and around Central Thailand.

Thank you for posting this info apetley.

Win

[Tomtomtom69]

It's one of the 4 crossings where you can legally continue into Myanmar on an embassy issued visa and travel overland to Myeik, Dawei, Yangon and beyond. Well worth trying out - I would recommend making a trip out of it and heading into Myanmar proper, not just going for a visa run.

Also, could this topic be copied to the Myanmar forum section?

[ubonjoe]

The best way would be to do a topic with basic info with a link to this topic.

[rixalex]

As requested in the other thread on border crossings, can anyone suggest how i may be able to find the Nam Ron crossing on my Garmin satnav? I'm having trouble. Doesn't seem to recongise Nam Ron or Ban Phu Nam Ron.

[apetley]

Try wat rattanamani its right next to the crossing.

Or maybe namphu ron.

[rixalex]

Try wat rattanamani its right next to the crossing.

Or maybe namphu ron.

Still nothing. It is in Kanchanaburi province right?

[apetley]

Try highway 3512. Follow right to the end.

[rixalex]

Try highway 3512. Follow right to the end.

Brilliant. Got it. Thanks.

[aidenai]

Try wat rattanamani its right next to the crossing.

Or maybe namphu ron.

Still nothing. It is in Kanchanaburi province right?

N 13.92140 E 99.06219

[rixalex]

Try wat rattanamani its right next to the crossing.

Or maybe namphu ron.

Still nothing. It is in Kanchanaburi province right?

N 13.92140 E 99.06219

Thanks for that.

But when i start entering, i get as far as N13. and then the numbers 6,7,8 and 9 get shaded out, and so i can not continue entering with the 9. Any idea why this would be? Similar problem when i try entering the E coordinates. This time i get all the numbers shaded out apart from 1 and 0.

[aidenai]

Have you set the coordinate format to ddd.ddddd (decimal coordinates)?

[rixalex]

Have you set the coordinate format to ddd.ddddd (decimal coordinates)?

I don't really know to be honest. How can i tell? And how can i change it? Just been through all the settings and stuff and can't see any options to change.

[aidenai]

Ask for some help in the forum below.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/forum/145-thailand-maps-gps-placemarks/

[rixalex]

Ask for some help in the forum below.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/forum/145-thailand-maps-gps-placemarks/

OK thanks.

[rixalex]

Found the crossing without problem. Thanks for the help. Was all pretty straightforward.

When i asked the Thai border official about costs, he said it was 700 baht, but that that money had nothing to do with him. It was the fee from the Myanmar side. I was basically given no choice but to use the services of a plain clothes young chap, who whisked my passport off for about half an hour, and when it was returned, all stamps were in order. Would have preferred to simply walk over the border myself, but as i say, i wasn't really given the choice, and for the sake of the extra 200 baht i believe i had to pay, not worth making a fuss, having gone all that way.

As for the Thai side not making any money out of it, pull the other one, it's got bells on it.

Anyway, would recommend anyone from the west of Bangkok, to use this crossing in preference to Poipet. It's a very quiet crossing and for me took not much more than 3 hours from Bangkok. Very doable in a day.

[aidenai]

Found the crossing without problem. Thanks for the help. Was all pretty straightforward.

When i asked the Thai border official about costs, he said it was 700 baht, but that that money had nothing to do with him. It was the fee from the Myanmar side. I was basically given no choice but to use the services of a plain clothes young chap, who whisked my passport off for about half an hour, and when it was returned, all stamps were in order. Would have preferred to simply walk over the border myself, but as i say, i wasn't really given the choice, and for the sake of the extra 200 baht i believe i had to pay, not worth making a fuss, having gone all that way.

As for the Thai side not making any money out of it, pull the other one, it's got bells on it.

Anyway, would recommend anyone from the west of Bangkok, to use this crossing in preference to Poipet. It's a very quiet crossing and for me took not much more than 3 hours from Bangkok. Very doable in a day.

Just out of curiosity. How does it go then? Walk across the Thai border, no-men's land, Myanmar border and stroll for a bit in a town or village and return? Similar to the Mae Sai and Mae Sot border crossings?

[apetley]

Strolling around the village will take about 5 minutes as besides a temple there is absolutely nothing else there.

After giving the Burmese guy your passport there is a bench to sit on and wait outside of Thai Immigration if you want to.

What will happen when the border gets busier is anyones guess.

[blorg]

Is there anywhere to stay near the border? On either side (if they even let you stay on the Myanmar side?)

[ACIPENSER]

The visa run "service" out of Kanchanabauri that has been self-advertising itself, is "managed" by another remarkable graduate of the "International Thai School of doing business with Falangs" : Learn how to take other for fools when you are actually the only one who behaves like one !
All soft spoken and inviting slogans, "we take care" stupid BS, and no actual professionalism : I sent him a courteous email explaining in detail my simple case. He replied with a standard reply disregarding that I mentioned carrying a valid visa to Burma. So I suggested that his fee should be a bit lower for me as there will be no entry/stamp fee collected on the Burmese side, and he replied pretending not knowing what I'm talking about, what a bunch of crap...to be avoided ! My bet : better go on your own and hire a taxi/songthaew in Kan.

[Bakseeda]

Found the crossing without problem. Thanks for the help. Was all pretty straightforward.

When i asked the Thai border official about costs, he said it was 700 baht, but that that money had nothing to do with him. It was the fee from the Myanmar side. I was basically given no choice but to use the services of a plain clothes young chap, who whisked my passport off for about half an hour, and when it was returned, all stamps were in order. Would have preferred to simply walk over the border myself, but as i say, i wasn't really given the choice, and for the sake of the extra 200 baht i believe i had to pay, not worth making a fuss, having gone all that way.

As for the Thai side not making any money out of it, pull the other one, it's got bells on it.

Anyway, would recommend anyone from the west of Bangkok, to use this crossing in preference to Poipet. It's a very quiet crossing and for me took not much more than 3 hours from Bangkok. Very doable in a day.

Trouble is the Camer visa is one whole page from your passport and 1000bahts fee.... Also who would want a Cambodia visa in their passport , you will get a complete rundown at your airport going home as the authorities are looking for child porn.. Much better Burma run..

[rixalex]

Found the crossing without problem. Thanks for the help. Was all pretty straightforward.

When i asked the Thai border official about costs, he said it was 700 baht, but that that money had nothing to do with him. It was the fee from the Myanmar side. I was basically given no choice but to use the services of a plain clothes young chap, who whisked my passport off for about half an hour, and when it was returned, all stamps were in order. Would have preferred to simply walk over the border myself, but as i say, i wasn't really given the choice, and for the sake of the extra 200 baht i believe i had to pay, not worth making a fuss, having gone all that way.

As for the Thai side not making any money out of it, pull the other one, it's got bells on it.

Anyway, would recommend anyone from the west of Bangkok, to use this crossing in preference to Poipet. It's a very quiet crossing and for me took not much more than 3 hours from Bangkok. Very doable in a day.

Trouble is the Camer visa is one whole page from your passport and 1000bahts fee.... Also who would want a Cambodia visa in their passport , you will get a complete rundown at your airport going home as the authorities are looking for child porn.. Much better Burma run..

Huh?

[fifthcolumn]

Trouble is the Camer visa is one whole page from your passport and 1000bahts fee.... Also who would want a Cambodia visa in their passport , you will get a complete rundown at your airport going home as the authorities are looking for child porn.. Much better Burma run..

I have so many Cambodian visas in my five used passports I could not even count them. I routinely use Poipet as my go to for NonO visa run. I have in twenty years and perhaps 15 trips to US ever been hassled by US authorities. In fact, the only time I have had a country questioned was Thailand!

Perhaps you look like the type who should be questioned and laptop searched?

Cambodia is still far better and cheaper option for those in BKK and to the East. Duty free cheapest in Asia too!

For tourists...whatever, who cares.

Edited: btw, <deleted> is Camer? Do you mean Khmer or Cambodia(n)?! Camer that is so ignorant and lazy, I just hope your first language is not English or French.

Edited December 26, 2013 by fifthcolumn

[1ma]

Open.

But you have to pay 700b to the agent there or the Thai Immigration officer refuses to stamp you out.

[fifthcolumn]

Open.

But you have to pay 700b to the agent there or the Thai Immigration officer refuses to stamp you out.

If you cannot get stamped out, then this ceases to be a viable visa run. Who needs to vidit another Burmese shi+hole of a border village for dose of dispair only to enrich the immigration officials on both sides.

Done.

[1ma]

Open.

But you have to pay 700b to the agent there or the Thai Immigration officer refuses to stamp you out.

If you cannot get stamped out, then this ceases to be a viable visa run. Who needs to vidit another Burmese shi+hole of a border village for dose of dispair only to enrich the immigration officials on both sides.

Done.

You have to pay the 700b.

Then your passport is stamped out, taken to the Burmese hut, stamped in, stamped out, and returned to the Thai Immigration and stamped back into Thailand for the number of days that your Visa allows. You can go along with them if you want.

They will not allow you to get to the Burmese hut without paying the agent first.

Most other Burmese borders are 300-500b and you go do it yourself. Here the Thai Immigration simply refuse to stamp you out and let you leave. Which I would gather is abuse of their powers, and actually illegal.

Edited December 26, 2013 by 1ma

[apetley]

I did the crossing just yesterday and it alot quicker than the usual 12 hour round trip to Mae Sot/Myawaddy. As above 700bht or no stamps but still at least 2k bht cheaper and 9 hours quicker than previously. One piece of weirdness though when they saw I turned up in my own car. The Burmese agent asked me to drive myself into Burma and then turn around and drive back out so they had photographic evidence on cctv of my crossing! No big deal and I'll certainly be using Nam Ron again.

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