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Wow thats great news guys! well done! Are they going to let you travel through to Rangoon/Yangon and onwards?

We were there a couple of months ago just as everything was changing and were able to hire a 125 in Ngwe Saung on the coast which was an amazing experience but I'm not sure it was legal as such. The people in Myanmar will be so happy to see you.

Have an amazing time and thanks for persevering!
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Excellent news.
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to Myanmar

Have a good trip.
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Congrats, Heike, those are amazing news. A big step forward for the overland community!

Enjoy Myanmar, amazing place!

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Wow thats great news guys! well done! Are they going to let you travel through to Rangoon/Yangon and onwards?

We were there a couple of months ago just as everything was changing and were able to hire a 125 in Ngwe Saung on the coast which was an amazing experience but I'm not sure it was legal as such. The people in Myanmar will be so happy to see you.

Have an amazing time and thanks for persevering!
2 years ago we rented a couple of 125 scooters in Mandalay... which we got them confiscated by the Tourist Police arguing it was not legal for foreigners to ride/drive, but only to go as a pillion.

After having gone around everywhere crossing many policemen during the whole day, we said we were not going to leave the bikes unless the owner came (there was no deposit, but it was our responsability before him anyway), so we waited for him and yes, we had to come back to the hotel by rickshaw. Legal or not, it was in a grey line, and the owner probably paid a bribe to the policeman to get the bikes back...
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Well done indeed.

But - be careful with what fuel you put in them. Vehicles in Myanmar have ration books that let them have only a limited amount of fuel from government filling stations, and none at all if they go outside their division. If they don't have this ration book, want more than the monthly ration or are outside their division, they have to buy it on the black market and the quality can be DREADFUL. So while you have time, see if the visa people you are dealing with can sort you out with a ration book, and which works across the whole country.

I met a French couple in Myanmar in 2008 who had succeeded in getting their French-registered Landrover in. They didn't have this ration book and had to threaten a diplomatic incident every time they wanted to get fuel!!

Also let the HUBB community know, if you find out, whether it will become possible to get 4-wheeled vehicles in. The French I met were definitely an exception.
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Hey where are you guys at?

Also, here is a shot of one of the fancy new stations popping up everywhere...At night, they light up with LEDs and neon really a sight late at night on a dark country road, where before was nothing. Waaay overstaffed, as usual....
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Has anyone any idea if its possible to cross from Thailand into Burma on a bicycle now?
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They did it. For pictures have a look at:

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Hey everybody,

we are back from our trip to Myanmar - what an exciting experience.... we are still overwhelmed and trying to comprehend everything. It was a very intense time, and of course we received a lot of questions. We are sorry that we didn't manage to provide you with some information earlier, we simply didn't find the time.

But now we have summarised the organisational part in a new blog post on our website: Myanmar by Motorcycle | 2 Live The Dream

And one comment regarding fuel: Most petrol stations have only 92 Octane fuel, and the quality is often very bad... even Heike's 650, which normaly burns almost everything had to struggle.... but the availability is no problem. Petrol stations are everywhere....

Once more: it was such an exciting experience, and I wish all of you that you will get the chance to visit the country as well!

We also posted some photos on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/2LiveTheDream
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Hello All,
Just return from Myanmar yesterday. This is confirmed. Motorcycle is strictly prohibited in Yangon but OK outside this city. I was told by a reliable local resources that must register in their Transport Authority to get local license before drive or ride vehicle. I cannot confirm about rental bike by foreigners.
It is soon before we can get to ride Myanmar. In a simple similarity, Myanmar is Mindanao, Philippines less communication network.

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Another group to Enter Myanmar (Burma) January 7
Another group has organized an "Adventure Border Crossers Singapore Bike Expedition" tour into Myanmar, scheduled to enter January 7. Their Burma Government approved route and story starts here:


http://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-f...html#post22871
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The heading of this thread is "Myanmar with big bikes", which makes me wonder:

Is there no problem entering Burma with smaller bikes, like 125-250cc?
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no- as a foreigner on foreign plates, I got turned away a year ago- things might have changed but that's not likely. They had a very aggressive 'no- you not come in' response no matter how hard I smiled.
Read posts from heike- it looks like she done it with connections and throwing a lot of backsheesh... errr cough...sorry I mean 'administrative' fees at the problem.
Looks like some lucrative admin habits in some countries just do not really change
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The heading of this thread is "Myanmar with big bikes", which makes me wonder:

Is there no problem entering Burma with smaller bikes, like 125-250cc?
well it seems very much like there are problems regardless of cc.
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Well, you can rent and book tours with small motorcycles in Myanmar already for a long time. Bigger bikes are not available in the country - and if you come overland it doesn't matter whether it is a big bike or a small one.... it's difficult.....
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