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Chiang Rai to Mae Sai to Tachileik (Myanmar)
Chiang Rai to Mae Sai to Tachileik (Myanmar), April 2011
I started my trip in Chiang Rai Bus Station
Buses depart every 30 mins or so for Mae Sai. The fare is 39 baht for the 65 Km trip that takes about 1 ½ hours. Buses are quite basic but depart on time, leaving half full but quickly filling up along the way.
On arrival in Mae Sai there are Songthaew waiting to take you to the Myanmar border. A Songthaew cost 15 Baht to the bridge and border crossing into Myanmar
There is a busy market area around the border crossing on the Thailand side. A steady flow of assorted vehicles passes from Thailand into Myanmar.
The Immigration process on the Thai side is straight forward, then a short walk over the bridge to Myanmar Immigration. Half way across the bridge the traffic flow changes from left to right.
Myanmar Immigration is not as well sign posted or organised. The entrance to Immigration is hidden behind a curtain under the Passport Only sign. You fill in the forms and pay US$10 and are issued with a temporary entry and your passport kept.
The main market area in Tachileik is immediately to the right, after the bridge, and has an enormous range of goods are available. A lively market, popular with Thai's and Farang tourists
Counterfeited goods are very popular. Lots of mobile phones, watches and handbags. The handbags were very good copies and about 1/4 the cost to Bangkok (at MBK).
When it's time to leave, head back over the bridge again, follow the signs wind along the path to where you exchange you temporary visa for your passport. Cross the bridge again and head back into Thailand, remembering that Thailand issues only 15 day entry permits at land crossings.
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Our latest travel video adventures had us waking up early in Chiang Mai to board a crammed van en route to Mae Si, Thailand for a Thai Visa run border crossing with Tachilek, Myanmar (Burma). Packed tightly like sardines in this tiny little van - with faulty air conditioning - we set off on a full day trip to receive a new entry stamp back into Thailand. Audrey and I both couldn't believe our full month in Thailand had already expired; it felt just like yesterday that we arrived at Don Muang Airport in Northern Bangkok. Our van was full of other farangs (Thai for foreigners) in a similar predicament. None of us were taking this trip to explore the frontier areas of Northern Thailand/Myanmar. Our mission was quite clear; our Thai visas had expired and we had to all renew them.
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If feeling cramped and uncomfortably hot wasn't quite enough to deal with, our driver chipped in with his best efforts to accentuate the situation by driving like a kamikaze pilot on a suicide mission. We were both beyond relieved when we finally arrived at Mae Sai to cross the border over to Tachilek, Myanmar.
The process was easy as pie. I really wish all immigration procedures were this simple and efficient. After receiving our exit stamp on the Thai side we entered Myanmar immigration where we paid 500 Baht, had our photos taken and were given a temporary ID card that allowed us to roam around in this Burmese border town.
Having only one hour to complete this entire process we were rushed for time and only briefly had the opportunity to explore Burma. Touts and aggressive street vendors tried to peddle us cartons of cigarettes and Viagra. Although, I'm no longer a wet behind the ears backpacker, I hope I'm not at the stage where it appears I need a libido booster :P
Without time to have a proper sit down meal, I randomly bought some deep fried snacks from a Burmese street food vendor with limited English and/or Thai. Luckily, it only came to 10 Baht (roughly 0.33 USD).
Once we crossed the border back into Thailand we literally had only 15 minutes to grab a bite to eat. We quickly found the closest Thai restaurants which had wifi. Mistaking when my team (the Chicago Blackhawks) played in the Stanley Cup finals we were on the bus when they were taking on the Boston Bruins. With more excitement that a child ready to open a birthday present on Christmas, I rushed to check the score. Sweat dripped from my eyebrow as I had an uneasy feeling in my stomach. As the page slowly loaded an image of a celebrating Blackhawk flooded the screen. I leaped up off of my seat and did a fist pump in the air. They won the game!
On the entire ride back to Chiang Mai I was over the moon. I was excited my team won I hardly even noticed how crazy things were on the road:
เรามีการผจญภัยของเราเดินทางล่าสุดวิดีโอตื่นขึ้นมาในช่วงต้นของเชียงใหม่ไปยังคณะกรรมการหนาตาเส้นทางรถตู้เพื่อเดินทางไปยังแม่ศรีไทยหนีวีซ่าชายแดนไทยข้ามกับท่าขี้เหล็กพม่า (พม่า) แน่นเหมือนปลาซาร์ดีนอยู่ในรถตู้เล็ก ๆ น้อย ๆ เล็ก ๆ นี้ - เครื่องปรับอากาศผิดพลาด - เรากำหนดออกเดินทางวันที่เต็มรูปแบบที่จะได้รับแสตมป์รายการใหม่กลับเข้ามาในประเทศไทย ออเดรย์และฉันทั้งสองไม่อยากจะเชื่อเต็มเดือนของเราในประเทศไทยได้หมดอายุแล้ว; มันให้ความรู้สึกเช่นเดียวกับเมื่อวานนี้ว่าเรามาถึงที่สนามบินดอนเมืองกรุงเทพฯตอนเหนือ รถตู้ของเราเต็มไปด้วยฝรั่งอื่น ๆ (ภาษาไทยสำหรับชาวต่างชาติ)
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A last minute visa run turns into an almost week long adventure along the river in Mae Sai, Thailand and Tachileik, Myanmar.
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A good value for money hotel, in the Burmese border town of Tachilek.
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