Any new info on crossing into Myanmar?

[dictater]

I am looking at going to Burma from Kanchanaburi next week and was wondering if anyone else has experience riding over. I have seen photos of a group that went over from Mae Sot at least a year ago ( though I think they were all Thai's). I'm 99% sure Nam Pu Ron is a no go, I'm planning on cycling, but any info of other crossing's would be great to know about.

[Tomtomtom69]

Cycling should be absolutely no problem - I've seen many foreigners cycling between Myawady and Hpa-an and elsewhere in Myanmar. I don't see any problems with cycling from Phu Nam Ron to Dawei. Give it a try.

[jobin]

You talking about a pedaled bicycle, one using human leg power only?

[jobin]

Oops. my bad, wrong forum.

[el jefe]

I just did it the other way two weeks ago (flew into Myanmar, rode back to Mae Sot). We saw 7 or 8 other cyclists all of whom crossed from Thailand at Mae Sot. As long as you have a Myanmar visa in your passport (no visa on arrival), there should be no problem.

It should be similar going from Phu Nam Ron to Dawei. There will be no problem entering Myanmar (with a visa in advance). however, much of the road is unpaved and it's very dusty. I've heard, but cannot confirm, that Myanmar officials won't let cyclists ride that road after they crossed into Myanmar. Maybe because of a tunnel or two?

It all depends on where you want to go, but getting in shouldn't be a problem.

[Mudcrab]

I've had many visa on arrivals in Myanmar. Business papers and 50 US dollars and you're in.

Never been there as a tourist.

[el jefe]

I've had many visa on arrivals in Myanmar. Business papers and 50 US dollars and you're in.

Never been there as a tourist.

And this info is supposed to help someone who is cycling int Myanmar?? Do you really think they may get a Business Visa on Arrival cycling from Mae Sot to Myawaddy???? 55555

[HikeFromLA]

On 2016 Jan 31 i did a border run to Mae Sai (?) in Burma/Myanmar to get a fresh entry stamp on my (now obsolete) 3-entry visa.

All good on Burma side, surprisingly. i thought they were socialist or fascist or whatever, you know, but no, very nice.

Thai side was a little uptight, in a hurry. One of the places that they stamped dates, they mistakenly stamped 2015 instead of 2016. Arrrgghh. I can get it corrected easily here in Chiang Mai no doubt, but there goes a day.

Guessing based on my decades of floundering around in business, I conjecture that the problem was created by a tense workforce. Why? Because there were lots of tense ladies in uniform on Thai side. Serious faces. Perhaps stationed there to reduce corruption, which in conventional wisdom tends more to be male. Just a guess. But anyway sometimes cracking down too hard on a workforce creates more problems.