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  #16  
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Same here - I would have jumped at the chance to come with you in early December but now I will have to travel early Feb 2014.

Can you also tell me what company you a have used.
The cost of the travel (as I think I may have to arrange in the same way as you have and look for others to join me)

What documents do you have to submit to the travel company before arriving at the boarder?

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Ben
Hi Ben,

Looks like we're both interested in an early feb crossing... want to join forces? If you can, please send me a message.

Kim
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Crossing myanmar 2014

Hello! we are planning to cross Myanmar between February and March, we have a safe contact and thanks to him one group is crossing now (we are waiting for the report from our friend in the group) and another will cross early February. The cost with this guy can be around 1000 dollars including food and hotels (sleeping half night in the vehicles) and all the permissions with escort.
Prices are per vehicle for 5/6 days it can decrease depending on the number of participants. Anyone interested?
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Hi everyone,

We are still very keen on crossing Myanmar. We had originally hoped to do so around this time, but of course our plans have changed.

We are now interested to do the crossing from India to Thailand at the beginning of Feb 2014. Our Indian visas expire on the 4th... so we need to get through beforehand

If anyone has any contacts with agencies to arrange all necessaries, please send me a message with the details. Of course if anyone is interested in joining us we are always happy to share costs and experiences with others!

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Kim

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Hallo, we are the angecy but cheaperand notmaking money on you.
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Hi Amandre,

Yes, my husband and I are interested for sure. Can you please send me a personal message with more details of the itinerary? Also, your contact information would be very helpful as well.

Do you know of any special permits that are needed on the Indian side to exit at Moreh? We would need to get the applications in for this as soon as possible.

Thanks,
Kim
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Hello! we are planning to cross Myanmar between February and March, we have a safe contact and thanks to him one group is crossing now (we are waiting for the report from our friend in the group) and another will cross early February. The cost with this guy can be around 1000 dollars including food and hotels (sleeping half night in the vehicles) and all the permissions with escort.
Prices are per vehicle for 5/6 days it can decrease depending on the number of participants. Anyone interested?
Sorry for the big mistake, prices are for PAX (person) still really cheap in comparison with others agencies. Sorry
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crossing Myanmar in early Feb

Hi Amandre,

we are 2 people travelling in 1 car and we are also interested to travel through Myanmar to Thailand in the early Feb. (our Indian visa runs out on Feb 12th)
So if you need more people in your group we would be glad to join you.
We also know another car with 3 people, who want to cross Myanmar.

Please write us an PM. We cant contact you,as we are new registered.

Greetings
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Hi Amandre,

we are 2 people travelling in 1 car and we are also interested to travel through Myanmar to Thailand in the early Feb. (our Indian visa runs out on Feb 12th)
So if you need more people in your group we would be glad to join you.
We also know another car with 3 people, who want to cross Myanmar.

Please write us an PM. We cant contact you,as we are new registered.

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Hi Kairos,

We are 2 people in a truck looking to cross sometime in Feb. Your planning would work for us. Send me a PM and we can join forces in case Amandre is already full.

Kim
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Hi Amandre,

Yes, my husband and I are interested for sure. Can you please send me a personal message with more details of the itinerary? Also, your contact information would be very helpful as well.

Do you know of any special permits that are needed on the Indian side to exit at Moreh? We would need to get the applications in for this as soon as possible.

Thanks,
Kim
Everyone seems to be crossing from India to Thailand. Is anyone crossing the other way from Mae Sot, Thailand into Moreh, India?

If you are kimagogo, then I'm in! I have arranged a tour guide & lead car to take us across if you & anyone else is interested for a 9 day/8 night tour for 1,674 USD. Take a look at the thread I've just started for full itinerary & details. Otherwise, I'm more than happy to join someone else's tour
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Hello! our contact is furgoviaggio [AATT} gmail <{DDOOTT}> com and somnisbus.wordpress.com, I dont know how sent a PM. We will cross in february around 15(not fixed), please any person who stay interested in cross please send an email to us. The paperworks need 15 days in advance. So we need the confirmations as soon as possible to create the group. Hope to hear from you soon.

Last edited by Chris of Japan; 21 Jan 2014 at 00:21. Reason: No unedited third party addresses in posts. It attracts spam to that person.
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Everyone seems to be crossing from India to Thailand. Is anyone crossing the other way from Mae Sot, Thailand into Moreh, India?

If you are kimagogo, then I'm in! I have arranged a tour guide & lead car to take us across if you & anyone else is interested for a 9 day/8 night tour for 1,674 USD. Take a look at the thread I've just started for full itinerary & details. Otherwise, I'm more than happy to join someone else's tour
Hotel and food icluded?
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Hi Amandre - yep - all included (except for fuel).

Here are the details I've posted on other sites. Let me know if you're in!:

Myanmar – Ride organised across Burma from Thailand to India – 11 Feb 14

I am presently riding my Triumph Tiger 800XC around the World, and have so far completed N America, Australia & NZ, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.

cnbworldtour | Riding around the World on a Triumph Tiger

Not wanting to fly my bike now I am back on dry land, I have finally managed to organise a reliable tour guide, leading car and a supervisor from the Ministry of Hotels & Tourism to take me across Burma from Myawaddy to Tamu.

However, the only problem is the price, and to reduce it I need to find at least 4 other riders to do it with me. If you are interested, please read on!

1. Price will be $1,674 USD per person (minimum 5 riders), paid cash on arrival into Burma. This will include everything except for fuel. It will include permission & royalty fees to the Ministry of Tourism, leading escort car fees, all accommodation & catering fees (breakfast, lunch, dinner and tea breaks), third party liability insurance, temporary importation & driving licence fees, tour guide and entrance for all sightseeing tours. I’m aware there are people offering cheaper trips, but I know this guy has been successful and I think the trip sounds awesome.

2. Tour will last 9 days/ 8 nights and include major tourist attractions along the way. Itinerary below:

D-1, Myawaddy to Kyaiktiyo Pagoda (well-known Buddhist pilgrimage site with a gravity-defying granite boulder covered with gold leaves, precariously perched on a ‘strand of the Buddha's hair’). Leg is 270 km (30 km of poor roads), ride time approx 7 to 8 hours. Night in mountain top hotel.

D-2, Kyaiktiyo Pagoda to Taungoo. Leg is 280km, roads are good, ride time 6 to 7 hrs. Night in hotel.

D-3, Taungoo to Mandalay. Leg is 370 km, roads are good, ride time 8hrs. Night in hotel.

D-4, Mandalay – full day sightseeing tour (includes mini bus for the whole day). Night in hotel.

D-5, Mandalay to Bagan (ancient city of 11 AD, full of things to be seen). Evening sightseeing tour. Night in hotel.

D-6, Bagan - full day sightseeing tour on ‘e-motorbikes’. Night in hotel.

D-7, Bagan to Monywa. Leg is 120 kms, ride time 2.5 hrs. Evening sightseeing tour to the highest Buddha statue in the world. Night in hotel.

D-8, Monywa to Kale. Leg is 230 kms (80 km poor roads), ride time up to 10 hrs. Night in hotel.

D-9, Kale to Tamu. Leg is 160 km, good roads, ride time 3.5 hrs. Cross Indian border into Moreh.

3. Not many people have successfully travelled across Burma from Thailand into India, so we will be making history! (kind of…)

4. All ride times are conservative & will of course depend on us!

5. A Carnet de Passage is not required in Thailand or Burma, but it is essential in India. Third Party Insurance is also compulsory in India (contact Western Indian Automobile Association WIAA-Motor Insurance ). For those without their own bike an option could be to buy a cheap one in Thailand or Malaysia and leave it at the Indian border (maybe sell it?), unless you can get a Carnet for it.

6. My contact successfully recently led the group of Thais across and a couple of car convoys. He will meet us at Myawaddy and has contacts on the Indian border to aid our crossing. Relaxations in travel across Manipur and Nagaland (India) mean we can ride straight in on arrival.

7. Car drivers are also welcome – the more the merrier!

8. Aimed start date into Myawaddy from Mae Sot is 11 Feb. We could all meet in Chiang Mai around 9 Feb.

I really hope I find enough people as this trip sounds amazing! If you’re interested or want to know more, please email me at chrisnbowen at gmail dot com.

Hope to see you soon!

Chris
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Hello
After 7 month trveling, we are now in malaisia and we plan to go back to france by the roads and cross Myanmar in April or may 2014

Do you have any information on agencies, web sites, or official administration who could help us organise this crossing.

Any one interrested? contact me: oudin357@yahoo.fr

Thank you very much

Nicolas
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Hi Nicolas,

The only man you need to know is Mr Tin Maung Shwe; he's the guy that's organised mine next month and has done so successfully for several other people.

Read this:

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...te-story-74001

Good luck!
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When did it become possible for a foreigner to cross from India to Burma or vice versa? I did just see this Blog of a couple that crossed from Inda to Burma via Bhutan, but they may have had a special Visa as they live in Yangon...

Blog | Riding to Rangoon | across India, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar by motorcycle, well that's the plan…
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When did it become possible for a foreigner to cross from India to Burma or vice versa?
It appears it is still everything but easy... but for about a year now, there have been reports of several travellers doing this succesfully, and some have even crossed entire Burma from India to Thailand. (getting permits HAD been a very long and troublesome project for every one of them, though, and looks like it cost some money, too).
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