Blogs from Tachileik, Eastern Burma, Burma, Asia - page 2

After 30 days in the country, tourists need to head out to get a new stamp and a fresh 30 days. Our northern trip was for this purpose. We have enjoyed taking the local buses around this area. They are dirt cheap, and you get to be around the locals more, who are very pleasant and friendly. We spent 1 night in Mae Sai. In the evening, we found a guest house where the South African manager briefed us on the area. There are legal border crossings, and also illegal ones. While on the balcony, he told us we were actually in Burma. Ambitious Thais kept building closer and closer to the river. Eventually, it grew past the marker stone. So we could be in 2 places at once. On the left foot, Burma time 8 ... read more

Ok, so I was in Burma for just a day to renew my Thailand visa but i am sure I will be having many more Blogs from Thailand and I probably won't make it back to Burma (though I would like to). Burma was kind of nice, but I only experienced a border town. Burma is much poorer than Thailand and you know it the minute you cross the bridge into Burma (i know it is called myanamar now but the people are still Burmese). But this is nice, fewer tourist, more raw and more "real" than some places. I wished I had the time to explore it a little more. The trouble is you can't go into Burma overland (well just to three towns you can) due to government regulations. It is a military government ... read more